Bernard Dacorogna
{{short description|Swiss mathematician}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Bernard Dacorogna
| image = Bernard_Dacorogna.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1953|10|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Alexandria, Egypt
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| nationality = {{flag|Switzerland}}
| fields = Mathematics
| workplaces = École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
| alma_mater = University of Geneva
Heriot-Watt University
| doctoral_advisor = John M. Ball
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Bernard Dacorogna is a Swiss mathematician, born 15 October 1953, in Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite web|url=http://people.epfl.ch/cgi-bin/people?id=104848&op=bio&lang=fr&cvlang=fr|title = Bernard Dacorogna}}
He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Geneva in Switzerland and his Ph.D. at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, UK, in 1980 under the supervision of John M. Ball.
He is professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.
He is a specialist of the calculus of variations and of partial differential equations. He has written several articles and books.
[https://uclouvain.be/fr/instituts-recherche/irmp/chaire-de-la-vallee-poussin-2018.html The Chaire de la Vallée Poussin 2018] of the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) is attributed to him.
Books
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160127230905/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres.html Weak continuity and weak lower semi-continuity of non linear functionals]; Lecture Notes in Math. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Vol. 922 (1982). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160128014020/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres/Weak_Continuity_and_Weak_Lower.pdf PDF] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 419 libraries[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/008387896 WorldCat book entry]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160127230905/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres.html Direct methods in the calculus of variations]; Springer-Verlag, New-York (1989), 2nd ed. (2007). According to WorldCat, the book is held in 625 libraries[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/191464846 WorldCat book entry] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304123433/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres/DirectMethods.pdf PDF].
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160127230905/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres.html Introduction to the calculus of variations]; Imperial College Press, London (2004), 2nd ed. (2009), 3rd ed (2014); According to WorldCat, the book is held in 882 libraries.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57566767 WorldCat book entry] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160213180438/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres/Introduction_Calculus_Variations(edition_3) PDF].
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160127230905/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres.html Implicit partial differential equations]; avec P. Marcellini, Birkhäuser, PNLDE Series, Boston, 37 (1999). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160128002315/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres/Implicit_Partial_Diff_Equations.pdf PDF]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160127230905/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres.html The pullback equation for differential forms]; with G. Csato et O. Kneuss, Birkhäuser, PNLDE Series, New York, 83 (2012). [https://web.archive.org/web/20160128012751/http://caa.epfl.ch/livres/pullback_equation_for_differential_forms.pdf PDF]
References
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External links
- [http://caa.epfl.ch B. Dacorogna's website]
- [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=79355 PhD. Students of B. Dacorogna]
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