Juan Luis Vázquez Suárez is Professor of

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(UAM), Spain.

Education

He was born in

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on July 26, 1946. In the years 1964/69 he studied Telecommunication Engineering at the Superior Technical School of Ingenieros de Telecomunicación
ETSIT
in Madrid. In 1973 he graduated in Mathematics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he also obtained the Ph. D. degree in 1979 with a thesis directed by

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Contributions

Outstanding researcher in concrete areas of the mathematics such as nonlinear partial differential equations and their applications. He is author of numerous research articles in scientific journals like ''

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'', ''

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics ''Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics'' is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which is published by John Wiley & Sons on behalf of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. It covers research originating from or solicited b ...

'', ''

Journal de mathématiques pures et appliquées The ''Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées'' () is a French monthly scientific journal of mathematics, founded in 1836 by Joseph Liouville (editor: 1836–1874). The journal was originally published by Charles Louis Étienne Bachelier. A ...

'', ''

Advances in Mathematics ''Advances in Mathematics'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on pure mathematics. It was established in 1961 by Gian-Carlo Rota. The journal publishes 18 issues each year, in three volumes. At the origin, the journal aimed ...

'' among others. He was president of Spanish Society for Applied Mathematics
SEMA
in the period 1996/98. Organizer of international events like the International Conference on Free Boundaries FB1993 (

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) or the Summer Schools at the

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, UIMP.

Awards and honors

He obtained the Spanish National Prize of Research in Mathematics ( Premio Nacional de Investigación Julio Rey Pastor) in 2003, and that year he was included in the

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list of Highly Cited Scientists. He was invited as main speaker at the

International Congress of Mathematicians The International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is the largest conference for the topic of mathematics. It meets once every four years, hosted by the International Mathematical Union (IMU). The Fields Medals, the Nevanlinna Prize (to be rename ...

held in Madrid in 2006
ICM2006
with the plenary conference entitled "Nonlinear diffusion, from analysis to physics and geometry." In 2012 he became a fellow of the

American Mathematical Society The American Mathematical Society (AMS) is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, and serves the national and international community through its publications, meetings, ...

.List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society

Books

* ''The Porous Medium Equation. Mathematical Theory''. Oxford University Press, , , 2006, Clarendon Press, 648 pages, 234x156 mm. Series: Oxford Mathematical Monographs. * ''Smoothing and Decay Estimates for Nonlinear Diffusion Equations. Equations of Porous Medium Type''. Oxford University Press, , , August 2006, 248 pages, 234x156 mm, Oxford Lecture Series. * ''A Stability Technique for Evolution Partial Differential Equations. A Dynamical Systems Approach''. PNLDE 56 (Progress in Non-Linear Differential Equations and Their Applications), Birkhäuser Verlag, 2003, 391 pages. (with V.A. Galaktionov.) * ''Recent Trends in Partial Differential Equations''.

, , 2006, 123 pages, Series: Contemporary Mathematics number 409; (with X. Cabré and

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)

References

External links

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Official Web PageDepartamento de Matemáticas UAM
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vazquez Suarez, Juan Luis 1946 births Living people 21st-century Spanish mathematicians People from Oviedo Fellows of the American Mathematical Society 20th-century Spanish mathematicians Academic staff of the Autonomous University of Madrid