The Émile Picard Medal (or Médaille Émile Picard) is a medal named for
Émile Picard
Charles Émile Picard (; 24 July 1856 – 11 December 1941) was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française in 1924.
Life
He was born in Paris on 24 July 1856 and educated there at th ...
awarded every 6 years to an outstanding mathematician
by the
Institut de France
The ; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute manages approximately ...
,
Académie des sciences
The French Academy of Sciences (, ) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French Scientific method, scientific research. It was at the forefron ...
. This rewards a mathematician designated by the Academy of Sciences every six years. The first medal was awarded in 1946.
Recipients
The Émile Picard Medal recipients are
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Maurice Fréchet
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(1946)
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Paul Lévy (1953)
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Henri Cartan
Henri Paul Cartan (; 8 July 1904 – 13 August 2008) was a French mathematician who made substantial contributions to algebraic topology.
He was the son of the mathematician Élie Cartan, nephew of mathematician Anna Cartan, oldest brother of c ...
(1959)
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Szolem Mandelbrojt
Szolem Mandelbrojt (10 January 1899 – 23 September 1983) was a Polish-French mathematician who specialized in mathematical analysis. He was a professor at the Collège de France from 1938 to 1972, where he held the Chair of Analytical Mechanics ...
(1965),
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Jean-Pierre Serre
Jean-Pierre Serre (; born 15 September 1926) is a French mathematician who has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954, the Wolf Prize in 2000 and the inau ...
(1971)
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Alexandre Grothendieck (1977)
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André Néron (1983)
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François Bruhat (1989)
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Jean-Pierre Kahane (1995)
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Jacques Dixmier
Jacques Dixmier (born 24 May 1924) is a French mathematician. He worked on operator algebras, especially C*-algebras, and wrote several of the standard reference books on them, and introduced the Dixmier trace and the Dixmier mapping.
Biogra ...
(2001)
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Louis Boutet de Monvel (2007)
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Luc Illusie (2012)
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Yves Colin de Verdière (2018)
See also
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List of mathematics awards
This list of mathematics awards contains articles about notable awards for mathematics. The list is organized by the region and country of the organization that sponsors the award, but awards may be open to mathematicians from around the world. Som ...
References
French science and technology awards
Mathematics awards
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