Joseph Pérès (31 October 1890 – 12 February 1962) was a French mathematician.
Early life and education
Pérès was born in
Clermont-Ferrand
Clermont-Ferrand (, ; ; oc, label=Auvergnat (dialect), Auvergnat, Clarmont-Ferrand or Clharmou ; la, Augustonemetum) is a city and Communes of France, commune of France, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes regions of France, region, with a population ...
on 31 October 1890.
Former student of the
Ecole Normale Superieure, he worked in Rome with
Vito Volterra
Vito Volterra (, ; 3 May 1860 – 11 October 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, known for his contributions to mathematical biology and integral equations, being one of the founders of functional analysis.
Biography
Born in Anc ...
and defended his doctoral thesis in 1915.
Career
In 1920, he became a lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences of Strasbourg and in 1921 held the mechanics chair of the faculty of sciences of Marseille.
In 1932, he was appointed lecturer at the Faculty of Paris. He was elected member of the Academy of Sciences in 1942. He held the chair of mechanics in 1950 and Dean of the Faculty of Science in 1954, succeeding
Albert Châtelet
Albert Châtelet (24 October 1883 – 30 June 1960) was a French politician and mathematician.
Biography
Châtelet was a student at the École normale supérieure (Paris) from 1905 to 1908, succeeding to the Agrégation (a highly selective comp ...
. During his deanship, he undertakes the creation of the
Orsay campus. He was also one of the founders of the
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
The Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHÉS; English: Institute of Advanced Scientific Studies) is a French research institute supporting advanced research in mathematics and theoretical physics. It is located in Bures-sur-Yvette, just ...
and its first président until his death.
Selected publications
Articles
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"Sur les transformations qui conservent la composition."Bull. Soc. Math. France 47 (1919): 16–37.
"Choc en tenant compte du frottement."Nouvelles annales de mathématiques: journal des candidats aux écoles polytechnique et normale 2 (1923): 98–107.
"Contribution à l'étude des jets fluides."Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées 11 (1932): 57–66.
Books
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References
External links
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A French short biography of Joseph Pérèsin ''BnF''
1890 births
1962 deaths
Scientists from Clermont-Ferrand
French mathematicians
Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
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Paris-Saclay University people