Cédric Villani

Hugh C. Morris Lecture: Cedric Villani

It has been said that mathematics is the poetry of science. Some of the fundamental values of poetry parallel those of mathematics, and mathematical research is, in many ways, an art. Professor Cédric Villani will discuss the interface between...

Stability of classical mechanical systems is very old problem, still very much under scrutiny nowadays. Some techniques can be applied transversally in different problems. *** Cédric Villani is the Director of the Institut Henri Poincaré, France’s...

It has been more than hundred years since the death of Henri Poincaré, the world’s greatest mathematician (as we like to say in France, and abroad as well). From the onset, Poincaré’s work and writings, and himself as a universalist and continue to...

The surprising encounter of three fields of research, namely non-Euclidean geometry, statistical physics and mathematical economy, and a reflection on the human drivers behind mathematical research.