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Past Member

Tristan Rivière

Funding provided by the Florence Gould Foundation Fund

Affiliation

Mathematics

Field of Study

Partial Differential Equations in Geometry and Physics
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Tristan Rivière’s research interests include analysis of partial differential equations arising in physics and geometry; calculus of variations; geometric analysis; application of geometric measure theory to partial differential equations; and the geometry of structures of singularities, shock, and defects for weak solutions to elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic partial differential equations.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Mathematics
Spring

Degrees

Paris 6 University
Ph.D.
1993

Honors

2003
Stampacchia Gold Medal
2002
Invited Speaker ICM Beijing
1996
CNRS Bronze Medal

Appointments

ETH Zürich
2003–2032
Full Professor
ETH Zürich
2009–2019
Director of the Institute for Mathematical Research
ETH Zürich
2001–2003
Assistant Professor
CNRS Paris
1992–2001
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