Bernard Malgrange
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Bernard Malgrange is a French
France
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 mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....

 who works on differential equation
Differential equation
A differential equation is a mathematical equation for an unknown function of one or several variables that relates the values of the function itself and its derivatives of various orders...

s and singularity theory
Singularity theory
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He proved the Ehrenpreis–Malgrange theorem and the Malgrange preparation theorem
Malgrange preparation theorem
In mathematics, the Malgrange preparation theorem is an analogue of the Weierstrass preparation theorem for smooth functions. It was conjectured by René Thom and proved by .-Statement of Malgrange preparation theorem:...

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He received his Ph.D.
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 from Université Henri Poincaré (Nancy 1) in 1955. His advisor was Laurent Schwartz
Laurent Schwartz
Laurent-Moïse Schwartz was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields medal in 1950 for his work...

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He was elected to the Académie des sciences in 1988.

Publications

  • Ideals of differentiable functions (Oxford University Press, 1966)
  • Équations différentielles à coefficients polynomiaux, Progress in Mathematics (Birkhäuser, 1991).

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