Marcelo Viana

Marcelo Viana
Born (1962-03-04) March 4, 1962 (age 62)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2]
Alma materUniversity of Porto (B. Sc.)
IMPA (Ph. D.)[2]
Known forZorich–Kontsevich conjecture
AwardsICTP Ramanujan Prize (2005)
Brazil's National Order of Scientific Merit
Grand Prix scientifique de la Fondation Louis D. (2016)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsInstituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
ThesisStrange Attractors in Higher Dimensions (1990)
Doctoral advisorJacob Palis[2]
Doctoral studentsCarlos Matheus

Marcelo Miranda Viana da Silva (born 4 March 1962) is a Brazilian mathematician working in dynamical systems theory.[2][3] He proved the Zorich–Kontsevich conjecture together with Artur Avila.

He was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1993.[4] He received the TWAS Prize in 1998[5] and in 2005 he was awarded the inaugural ICTP Ramanujan Prize for his research achievements.[3]

Viana was vice-president of the International Mathematical Union in 2011–2014, and president of the Brazilian Mathematical Society (2013–2015).[6][7]

In 1998, he was a plenary speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians, in Berlin.[8][9]

Viana is director elected of the IMPA (for the period 2016–2019).

Viana is a columnist for Folha de S.Paulo.[10]

He was the chair of the executive committee for the 2018 International Congress of Mathematicians, Rio de Janeiro.[11]

Biography

Viana was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, his parents being Portuguese. He grew up in Portugal, and his undergraduate studies were at the University of Porto. He received his Ph.D. degree from the IMPA in Rio de Janeiro, with Jacob Palis as advisor. He is now director at IMPA.[12]

Work

Viana's work concerns chaotic dynamical systems and strange attractors.[13]

Selected publications

Books:
  • with José Espinar: Differential Equations: A Dynamical Systems Approach to Theory and Practice (2021)[14]
  • with Krerley Oliveira: Foundations of Ergodic Theory, Cambridge University Press
Research papers:
  • jointly with AVILA, A., "Simplicity of Lyapunov spectra: proof of the Zorich–Kontsevich conjecture". Acta Mathematica. vol. 198 (2007), no. 1, pp. 1–56.
  • jointly with PALIS, J., "High dimension diffeomorphisms displaying infinitely many periodic attractors". Annals of Mathematics. vol. 140 (1994), no. 1, pp. 207–250.
  • jointly with MORA, L., "Abundance of strange attractors". Acta Mathematica. vol. 171 (1993), no. 1, pp. 1–71.

References

  1. ^ Institut de France: "LE GRAND PRIX SCIENTIFIQUE DE LA FONDATION LOUIS D. 2016 REMIS À FRANÇOIS LABOURIE ET MARCELO VIANA" (in French)
  2. ^ a b c d "Marcelo Miranda Viana da Silva". www.abc.org.br. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05.
  3. ^ a b "News: Viana received the first Ramanujan Prize". www.abelprize.no. Archived from the original on 2017-09-28. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
  4. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation - Marcelo Viana". www.gf.org.
  5. ^ "Prizes and Awards". The World Academy of Sciences. 2016.
  6. ^ the_technician. "International Mathematical Union (IMU): EC 1952-2014". www.mathunion.org. Archived from the original on 2017-05-15.
  7. ^ Diretoria - SBM - Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática
  8. ^ "International Mathematical Union (IMU)". www.mathunion.org.
  9. ^ Viana, Marcelo (1998). "Dynamics: a probabilistic and geometric perspective". Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. I. pp. 557–578.
  10. ^ "Folha de S.Paulo – Colunistas". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  11. ^ "ICM – ICM 2018 in Brazil". www.icm2018.org. Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2017-05-08.
  12. ^ LUSA, RTP, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal - Agência (14 December 2005). "Português a trabalhar no Brasil recebe prémio internacional".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "UMALCA » Viana". 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013.
  14. ^ https://old.maa.org/press/maa-reviews/differential-equations-a-dynamical-systems-approach-to-theory-and-practice


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