Norbert A'Campo (born 27 April 1941) is a
Swiss
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mathematician working on
singularity theory
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. He earned a doctorate in 1972 from the
University of Paris-Sud
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. In 1974 he was an
invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
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, and in 1988 he was elected president of the
Swiss Mathematical Society
The Swiss Mathematical Society, SMS (, SMG; ), founded in Basel on 4 September 1910, is the national mathematical society of Switzerland. It is a member of the European Mathematical Society.
History
The SMS was established on 4 September 1910 ...
. In 2012 he became a fellow of the
American Mathematical Society
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.
List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
retrieved 2012-11-03.
References
External links
Swiss mathematicians
1941 births
Living people
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
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