Jean Bourgain
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Jean Bourgain
Jean Bourgain
Jean Bourgain
Born February 28, 1954 (1954-02-28) (age 54)
Ostend, Belgium
Nationality Belgium
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Institute for Advanced Study
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Alma mater Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Known for Analytic number theory, harmonic analysis, Ergodic theory, Banach spaces
Notable awards Fields Medal (1994)

Jean Bourgain (b. February 28, 1954, Ostend) is a Belgian mathematician, noted as a prolific problem-solver. He has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and now at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

He received his Ph.D. from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1977.

His work is in various areas of mathematical analysis such as the geometry of Banach spaces, harmonic analysis, analytic number theory, combinatorics, ergodic theory and partial differential equations. It had been recognised by a number of awards, most notably the Fields Medal in 1994.

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Persondata
NAME Bourgain, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Belgian mathematician and Fields Medalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostend, Belgium
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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