Yves Cochet (; born 15 February 1946) is a French politician, member of

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. He was minister in the government of

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. On 6 December 2011, he was elected

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/ref> He studied Mathematics and became researcher- lecturer at

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of Rennes in 1969. In June 1971, teaming with

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, he obtained a PhD for his research on « Sur l'algébricité des classes de certaines congruences définies sur le monoïde libre ».

References

Publications

* Yves Cochet et

, �
Une généralisation des ensembles de Dyck
», '' Israel Journal of Mathematics'', vol. 9, nº3, septembre 1971, . * ''Sauver la Terre'' (avec Agnès Sinaï), éd. Fayard, Paris, 2003 . * ''Pétrole apocalypse'', éd. Fayard, Paris, 2005 . * ''Antimanuel d'écologie'', éd. Bréal, Rosny-sous-Bois, 2009 . * *

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