Georges Duvaut
Georges Jean Duvaut (* 1934 ) is a French mathematician.
Life
Duvaut received his doctorate in 1969 under Paul Germain at the University of Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie) (Contribution a l'etude des ondes dans les materiaux elastiques non-lineaire). He was later a professor there.
He dealt with mathematical methods for continuum mechanics, for example nonlinear elasticity theory of compounds.
In 1978 he became a corresponding member of the Academie des Sciences .
He was a visiting scholar in Rio de Janeiro. In 1970 he was invited to speak at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Nice (Problèmes unilatéraux en mécanique des milieux continus).
Fonts (selection)
- with Jacques-Louis Lions : Inequalities in mechanics and physics, Grundlehren der Mathematischen Wissenschaften 219, Springer 1976 (French original 1972)
- Mécanique des milieux continus, Masson 1990, Dunod 1998
- Exercices de mécanique des milieux continus, Masson 1994
Web links
- Entry at the Academie des Sciences (with photo)
- Idref
Individual evidence
- ↑ Year of birth according to Luc Tartar , The General Theory of Homogenization: A Personalized Introduction, Springer 2009, p. 164
- ↑ Georges Duvaut in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
- ↑ https://www.academie-sciences.fr/fr/Liste-des-membres-de-l-Academie-des-sciences-/-D/georges-duvaut.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duvaut, Georges |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duvaut, Georges Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1934 |