| Fabrice Bethuel | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1963 (age 48–49) |
| Nationality | France |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Paris VI University |
| Doctoral advisor | Jean-Michel Coron |
| Doctoral students | Tristan Riviere Sylvia Serfaty |
| Notable awards | Fermat Prize (1999) |
Fabrice Bethuel (born 1963) is a French mathematician. He holds a chair at Paris VI University.
Bethuel earned his doctorate at Paris-Sud 11 University in 1989, under supervision of Jean-Michel Coron. He won the 1999 Fermat Prize, jointly with Frédéric Hélein, for several important contributions to the theory of variational calculus. He also won the 2003 Prix Mergier-Bourdeix for his fundamental discoveries at the interface between analysis, topology, geometry, and physics.[1]