Yves Meyer

Yves F. Meyer (French: [mɛjɛʁ]; born July 19, 1939) is a French mathematician and scientist. He is among the fathers of wavelet theory.

Biography

Yves Meyer was placed first in the entrance examination for the École Normale Supérieure in 1957.[1] He obtained his Ph.D. in 1966.[2]

He was professor at the Paris Dauphine University, at the École Polytechnique (1980–1986), invited professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (2000) and currently holds a position as Professor Emeritus at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan. He was awarded the 2010 Gauss Prize.[2] for fundamental contributions to number theory, operator theory and harmonic analysis, and his pivotal role in the development of wavelets and multiresolution analysis.

Publications

Awards and recognitions

See also

References

  1. Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles : Yves Meyer.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize – Yves Meyer". International Congress of Mathematicians 2010, Hyderabad, India.
  3. Chui, Charles K. (1996). "Review: Wavelets and operators, by Yves Meyer; A friendly guide to wavelets, by Gerald Kaiser". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. (N.S.) 33 (1): 131–134. doi:10.1090/s0273-0979-96-00635-0.
  4. Académie des Sciences : Yves Meyer.
  5. List of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, retrieved 2013-02-04.

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