The Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHÉS; English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies) is a French

research institute A research institute, research centre, research center or research organization, is an establishment founded for doing research. Research institutes may specialize in basic research or may be oriented to applied research. Although the term often i ...

supporting advanced research in mathematics and

theoretical physics Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experim ...

. It is located in

Bures-sur-Yvette Bures-sur-Yvette (, literally ''Bures on Yvette'') is a commune in the Essonne department in Île-de-France in northern France. Geography Bures-sur-Yvette is located in the Vallée de Chevreuse on the river Yvette, along which the RER line&nbs ...

, just south of Paris. It is an independent research institute in a partnership with the

University of Paris-Saclay Paris-Saclay University (french: Université Paris-Saclay) is a public research university based in Paris, France. It is one of the 13 prestigious universities that emerged from the division of the University of Paris, also known as the Sorbonne. ...

History

The IHÉS was founded in 1958 by businessman and mathematical physicist

Léon Motchane Léon Motchane (19 June 1900 – 17 January 1990) was a French industrialist and mathematician and the founder of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette. Biography Léon Motchane was of mixed Russian and Swiss parentage ...

with the help of

Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer (; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. A professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, Oppenheimer was the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory and is often ...

and

Jean Dieudonné Jean Alexandre Eugène Dieudonné (; 1 July 1906 – 29 November 1992) was a French mathematician, notable for research in abstract algebra, algebraic geometry, and functional analysis, for close involvement with the Nicolas Bourbaki pseudonymo ...

as a research centre in France, modeled on the renowned

Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholar ...

in Princeton, United States. The strong personality of Alexander Grothendieck and the broad sweep of his revolutionizing theories were a dominating feature of the first ten years at the IHÉS.

René Thom René Frédéric Thom (; 2 September 1923 – 25 October 2002) was a French mathematician, who received the Fields Medal in 1958. He made his reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of what would be called singularity theory; he became w ...

received an invitation from IHÉS in 1963 and after his appointment remained there until his death in 2002.

Dennis Sullivan Dennis Parnell Sullivan (born February 12, 1941) is an American mathematician known for his work in algebraic topology, geometric topology, and dynamical systems. He holds the Albert Einstein Chair at the City University of New York Graduate Ce ...

is remembered as one who had a special talent for encouraging fruitful exchanges among visitors and provoking a new and deeper insight into their ideas. The IHÉS runs a highly regarded mathematical journal, ''

Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS ''Publications Mathématiques de l'IHÉS'' is a peer-reviewed mathematical journal. It is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, with the help of the Centre National de la Recherche ...

''. IHÉS celebrated its 40th anniversary in 1998 and its 50th in 2008.

Directors

List of faculty members

Scientists associated with the IHES

Alain Connes Alain Connes (; born 1 April 1947) is a French mathematician, and a theoretical physicist, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He is a professor at the , , Ohio State University and Vande ...

(Fields Medal 1982), has been holding the Léon Motchane Chair since 1979. Several

CNRS The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

researchers are also based at the IHES: Ahmed Abbes, Cédric Deffayet,

Ofer Gabber Ofer Gabber (עופר גאבר; born May 16, 1958) is a mathematician working in algebraic geometry. Life In 1978 Gabber received a Ph.D. from Harvard University for the thesis ''Some theorems on Azumaya algebras,'' written under the supervis ...

, Fanny Kassel, and

Christophe Soulé Christophe Soulé (born 1951) is a French mathematician working in arithmetic geometry. Education Soulé started his studies in 1970 at École Normale Supérieure in Paris. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Paris in 1979 under the sup ...

References

External link

Official website
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