Wilfrid Gangbo

Beninese mathematician
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Summary

Wilfrid Gangbo was born on May 11, 1961[1], in Porto-Novo[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4]. He is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[5]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Benin[6]
  • Field of work: calculus of variations[7], nonlinear functional analysis[8], partial differential equation[9], functional analysis[10], fluid mechanics[11]
  • Employer: Georgia Tech[12], University of California, Los Angeles[13]
  • Doctoral advisor: Bernard Dacorogna[14]
  • Award received: Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[15], Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[16]
  • Member of: American Mathematical Society[17]
  • Sex or gender: male[18]
  • Doctoral student: Martial Agueh[19], Hamed Maroofi[20], Hwa Kil Kim[21], Turkay Yolcu[22], Marc Sedjro[23], Romeo Awi[24], Benjamin Schachter[25]
  • Given name: Wilfrid[26], Dossou[27]
  • Official website: https://www.math.ucla.edu/~wgangbo//[28]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[29], French[30]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[31]
  • Academic appointment: UCLA Department of Mathematics[32]

FAQs

Where was Wilfrid Gangbo born?

Wilfrid Gangbo was born in Porto-Novo[2].

What did Wilfrid Gangbo do for work?

Wilfrid Gangbo worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

What awards did Wilfrid Gangbo receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[15] and Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . mathematicallygiftedandblack.com. Retrieved . mathematicallygiftedandblack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . catalogue.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . mathematicallygiftedandblack.com. Retrieved . mathematicallygiftedandblack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . math.ucla.edu. Retrieved . math.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . math.ucla.edu. Retrieved . math.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . math.ucla.edu. Retrieved . math.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . math.ucla.edu. Retrieved . math.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . math.ucla.edu. Retrieved . math.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . mathematicallygiftedandblack.com. Retrieved . mathematicallygiftedandblack.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . math.ucla.edu. Retrieved . math.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . amacad.org. amacad.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [17] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . catalogue.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [32] ↑ . math.ucla.edu. Retrieved . math.ucla.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [5] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Zbmath author id → gangbo.wilfrid
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