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Jacob Palis

Brazilian mathematician (1940-2025) · Brazil · Academics · Died at 85

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Jacob Palis Jr. was a Brazilian mathematician and academic. Palis's research interests were mainly dynamical systems and differential equations. Some themes are global stability and hyperbolicity, bifurcations, attractors and chaotic systems.

A life in dates

2025Died7 May 20252015Abdus Salam MedalAward2010Balzan PrizeAward2005Knight of the Legion of HonourAward2000Premio México de Ciencia y TecnologíaAward1988TWAS Prize for MathematicsAward1940Born15 March 1940

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Awards

Abdus Salam Medal2015
Balzan Prize2010
Knight of the Legion of Honour2005
Premio México de Ciencia y Tecnología2000
TWAS Prize for Mathematics1988
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Jacob Palis Jr. was a Brazilian mathematician and academic. Palis's research interests were mainly dynamical systems and differential equations. Some themes are global stability and hyperbolicity, bifurcations, attractors and chaotic systems. He proposed the Palis' conjectures, which influenced the development of the theory of dynamical systems, and also of its applications to other sciences. He was a world leader in chaos theory research. Palis was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil.

Country
Brazil
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2025 · aged 85

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