Michèle Raynaud Explained

Michèle Raynaud
Birth Name:Michèle Chaumartin
Birth Date:9 January 1938
Birth Place:France
Nationality:French
Fields:Mathematics
Alma Mater:Paris Diderot University
Doctoral Advisor:Alexander Grothendieck

Michèle Raynaud (born Michèle Chaumartin;[1] 9 January 1938[2] [3]) is a French mathematician, who works on algebraic geometry and who worked with Alexandre Grothendieck in Paris in the 1960s at the Institut des hautes études scientifiques (IHÉS).

Biography

Raynaud was a member of the séminaire de géométrie algébrique du Bois Marie (SGA) 1 and 2 and obtained her doctorate in 1972, supervised by Grothendieck at Paris Diderot University. Her thesis was entitled Théorèmes de Lefschetz en cohomologie cohérente et en cohomologie étale. Grothendieck wrote about her doctoral thesis in Récoltes et Semailles (p.168 Chapitre 8.1.) describing it as original, entirely independent, and a major work.

Michèle Raynaud was married to the mathematician Michel Raynaud[4] who was also a member of the Grothendieck school.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Illusie. Luc. Michel Raynaud (1938–2018). 2019. 18 August 2020. Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 66. 1.
  2. Web site: BnF Catalogue général . 8 October 2019.
  3. Web site: VIAF . 8 October 2019.
  4. Web site: Décès de Michel Raynaud . Gassiat . Elisabeth . Élisabeth Gassiat. March 2018 . Société Mathématique de France . fr . 2018-03-14.