Henri Skoda (born 1945) is a French
mathematician
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History
On ...
, specializing in the analysis of
several complex variables.
Skoda studied from 1964 at l'
École normale supérieure
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and received there in 1967 his
agrégation in mathematics. He received in 1972 his Ph.D. from the
University of Nice Sophia Antipolis
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under
André Martineau
André Martineau (born 14 May 1930 – 4 May 1972) was a French mathematician, specializing in mathematical analysis.
Martineau studied at the École Normale Supérieure and received there, with Laurent Schwartz as supervisor, his Ph.D. with a the ...
(primary advisor) and
Pierre Lelong
Pierre Lelong (14 March 1912 Paris – 12 October 2011)
at the académie des sciences
(secondary advisor) with thesis ''Étude quantitative des sous-ensembles analytiques de C
n et des idéaux de functions holomorphes''. Skoda became a professor in Toulon and since 1976 has been a professor at the
University of Paris VI
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.
For many years he ran an analysis seminar with Pierre Lelong and
Pierre Dolbeault.
In 1978 Skoda received the
Poncelet Prize
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and as an
invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
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in
Helsinki
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gave a talk ''Integral methods and zeros of holomorphic functions''.
His doctoral students include
Jean-Pierre Demailly.
Selected publications
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*with Joël Briançon:
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J.-P. Demailly:
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See also
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Briancon–Skoda theorem
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Skoda–El Mir theorem The Skoda–El Mir theorem is a theorem of complex geometry,
stated as follows:
Theorem (Skoda
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Czech brands and enterprises
* Škoda Auto, automobile and previously ...
References
External links
Conference in Complex Analysis in honor of Henri Skoda — Paris, september 12–16 2005, Institut Henri Poincaré
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École Normale Supérieure alumni
Côte d'Azur University alumni
Academic staff of the University of Paris
20th-century French mathematicians
21st-century French mathematicians
Complex analysts
Mathematical analysts
1945 births
Living people