UW-PIMS Colloquium: Cédric Villani

  • Date: 05/01/2017
Lecturer(s):

Cédric Villani, Institut Henri Poincaré & Université de Lyon

 

Cédric Villani is the director of the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris and a professor of mathematics at the Université de Lyon. His work on partial differential equations and various topics in mathematical physics has been honored by a number of awards, including the Fermat Prize and the Henri Poincaré Prize. He received the Fields Medal in 2010 for results concerning Landau damping and the Boltzmann equation.

Location: 

University of Washington

Topic: 

Of Triangles, Gases, Prices and Men

Description: 

The surprising encounter of three fields of research, namely non-Euclidean geometry, statistical physics and mathematical economy, and a reflection on the human drivers behind mathematical research.

Other Information: 

Location: GUG 220