Michael Herman (mathematician)

Michael Herman
Born6 November 1942
New York City
Died2 November 2000
Paris
Alma materParis-Sud 11 University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorHarold Rosenberg
Doctoral studentsMarie-Claude Arnaud
Raphael Douady
Raphaël Krikorian
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
Bassam Fayad

Michael Robert Herman (6 November 1942 – 2 November 2000) was a French American mathematician. He was one of the leading experts on the theory of dynamical systems.

Born in New York City, he was educated in France. He was a student at École polytechnique before being one of the first members of the Centre de Mathématiques created there by Laurent Schwartz. In 1976 he earned his PhD at the Paris-Sud 11 University, under supervision of Harold Rosenberg. He introduced Herman rings in 1979.

Herman received the Salem Prize in 1976. He was an Invited Speaker of the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in 1978 in Helsinki[1] and the ICM in 1998 in Berlin.[2] Among his students was Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, 1994 Fields Medalist.

References

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  1. ^ Herman, Michael-Robert (1978). "Résultats récents sur la conjugaison différentiable". Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians (Helsinki, 1978). pp. 811–820.
  2. ^ Herman, Michael (1998). "Some open problems in dynamical systems". Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. II. pp. 797–808.