Lars Valter Hörmander headshot

Lars Valter Hörmander

Past Faculty
School of Mathematics

Affiliation

Mathematics

From the American Mathematical Society, November 29, 2012

"[Lars] Hörmander was a powerful analyst who revolutionized the modern theory of partial differential equations. Among many other contributions, his theories of pseudodifferential operators and Fourier integral operators will have lasting value. . . . In addition to the Fields Medal, Hörmander also was awarded the Wolf Prize in 1988 and the Leroy P. Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition in 2006 for his influential four-volume The Analysis of Linear Partial Differential Operators. The prize citation states that 'In the history of mathematics one is hard-pressed to find any comparable "expository" work that covers so much material, and with such depth and understanding, of such a broad area of mathematics.' "

"Lars Hörmander," AMS

Fields Medalist, 1962

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Mathematics
Member
School of Mathematics
Faculty
School of Mathematics
Member
School of Mathematics

Degrees

University of Lund
Ph.D.
1955

Honors

1962
Fields Medal