- Jean Bourgain
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name = Jean Bourgain
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caption = Jean Bourgain
birth_date = Birth date and age|1954|2|28
birth_place =Ostend ,Belgium
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nationality =Belgium
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field =Mathematics
work_institutions =Institute for Advanced Study University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
alma_mater =Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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known_for =Analytic number theory ,harmonic analysis ,Ergodic theory ,Banach space s
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prizes =Fields Medal (1994)
footnotes =Jean Bourgain (b.
February 28 ,1954 ,Ostend ) is aBelgian mathematician , noted as a prolific problem-solver. He has been a faculty member at theUniversity of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and now at theInstitute for Advanced Study inPrinceton, New Jersey .He received his Ph.D. from the
Vrije Universiteit Brussel in 1977.His work is in various areas of
mathematical analysis such as thegeometry ofBanach space s,harmonic analysis ,analytic number theory ,combinatorics ,ergodic theory andpartial differential equations . It had been recognised by a number of awards, most notably theFields Medal in 1994.External links
* [http://ams.org/mathscinet/search/publications.html?extend=1&pg1=IID&r=1&s1=40280 MathSciNet: "Items authored by Bourgain, Jean."]
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NAME= Bourgain, Jean
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= Belgian mathematician and Fields Medalist
DATE OF BIRTH=February 28 ,1954
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ostend ,Belgium
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