Jean-Paul Pier Explained
Jean-Paul Pier (July 5, 1933 – December 14, 2016) was a Luxembourgish mathematician, specializing in harmonic analysis and the history of mathematics, particularly mathematical analysis in the 20th century.
Education and career
Jean-Paul Pier was a graduate student in Luxembourg and at the universities of Paris and Nancy. He earned a University of Luxembourg doctorate in mathematical sciences and a French doctorate in pure mathematics. He also spent six months at the Grenoble Nuclear Research Center (1961) and a year at the University of Oregon (1966-1967).
He taught mathematics at the Lycée de Garçons in Esch-sur-Alzette from 1956 to 1980. In 1971 he created the Séminaire de mathématiques[3] at the Centre universitaire de Luxembourg (now the University of Luxembourg). He was a professor at the Centre from its creation in 1974 until 1998, when he retired as professor emeritus.[4]
Pier was primarily responsible for the creation in January 1989 of the Luxembourg Mathematical Society,[5] of which he was president from 1989 to 1993 and again from 1995 to 1998. He was during the academic year 1994–1995 a visiting professor at the Université catholique de Louvain.
Pier was the editor of two scholarly anthologies, which are standard works on the history of 20th-century mathematics. He organized several colloquia and conferences in Luxembourg. He was active internationally in various scientific bodies, including NATO Science for Peace and Security and UNESCO.
Selected publications
- Amenable locally compact groups, Wiley, 1984.
- Amenable Banach algebras, Longman, 1988.[6]
- L'Analyse harmonique. Son développement historique, Masson, 1990.
- Histoire de l'intégration, vingt-cinq siècles de mathématiques, Masson, 1996.
- Mathematical Analysis during the 20th century, Oxford University Press, 2001[7]
- Mathématiques entre savoir et connaissance, Vuibert, 2006.
- Development of Mathematics 1900-1950, edited by Jean-Paul Pier, Birkhäuser, 1994.[8]
- Development of Mathematics 1950-2000, edited by Jean-Paul Pier, Birkhäuser, 2000.[9] [10]
- Gabriel Lippmann. Commémoration par la section des sciences naturelles, physiques et mathématiques de l’Institut grand-ducal de Luxembourg du 150e anniversaire du savant né au Luxembourg lauréat du prix Nobel en 1908, J.-P. Pier et J. A. Massard, éditeurs, 1997 (lire en ligne).
- Le Choix de la parole, Lethielleux/DDB, 2009.
References
- http://www.idref.fr/027072525 Système universitaire de documentation
- Web site: Attribution du grand prix de mathématiques de l'Institut . 2020-02-06 . 2017-01-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170101174949/https://www.bourse.lu/attribution-du-grand-prix-de-mathematiques . dead .
- http://wwwfr.uni.lu/recherche/fstc/mathematics_research_unit/colloquium_and_seminars/general_mathematics_seminar Séminaire de mathématiques de l'université du Luxembourg
- Web site: The Luxembourg Mathematical Society. MacTutor History of Mathematics.
- Web site: Luxembourg Mathematical Society (about us). math.uni.lu.
- 10.1090/S0273-0979-1990-15865-3. Book Review: Amenable Banach algebras. Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society. 22. 145–149. 1990. Sinclair. Allan M.. free.
- Abbott. Steve. Review of Mathematical analysis during the 20th century, by Jean-Paul Pier. The Mathematical Gazette. 87. 509. 2003. 392–393. 0025-5572. 10.1017/S0025557200173334. free.
- Gray, Jeremy. Jeremy Gray. Review of Development of Mathematics, 1900–1950 edited by Jean-Paul Pier. Historia Mathematica. 23. 4. 1996. 437–440. 10.1006/hmat.1996.0041. free.
- 10.2307/3622059. 3622059. Review of Development of Mathematics 1950-2000. The Mathematical Gazette. 85. 503. 356. 2001. Abbott. Steve.
- Mazzotti, Massimo. Review of Development of Mathematics 1950-2000. British Journal for the History of Science. 35. 125. 2002. 245–246.
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