Vincent Lafforgue

Vincent Lafforgue
Born (1974-01-20) 20 January 1974
Antony, France
Nationality French
Education Lycée Louis-le-Grand
Alma mater École normale supérieure
University of Paris
Awards EMS Prize (2000)
CNRS Silver Medal (2015)
Scientific career
Fields Mathematics
Institutions Université Grenoble Alpes
Doctoral advisor Jean-Benoît Bost

Vincent Lafforgue (born 20 January 1974) is a French mathematician. He is a CNRS "Directeur de Recherches" at the Institute Fourier in Grenoble. Lafforgue was awarded the 2000 EMS Prize for his contribution to the K-theory of operator algebras: the proof of the Baum–Connes conjecture for discrete co-compact subgroups of , , and some other locally compact group (and of more general objects).

Lafforgue participated in the International Mathematical Olympiad and wrote two perfect papers in 1990 and 1991, making him one of only two French mathematicians to win two gold medals (besides Joseph Najnudel, 1997–98). Lafforgue was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 2002 at Beijing.[1] He is the younger brother of Fields Medalist Laurent Lafforgue.

References

  1. ↑ Lafforgue, L. (2002). "Banach KK-theory and the Baum-Connes Conjecture" (PDF). Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians (Beijing, 2002). vol. II. Beijing: Higher Ed. Press. pp. 795–812.
  • Personal webpage
  • Vincent Lafforgue at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  • "Vincent Lafforgue's results". International Mathematical Olympiad.
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