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Luis Caffarelli

Past Faculty
School of Mathematics

Nonlinear partial differential equations

Affiliation

Mathematics

From the American Mathematical Society:

Some of [Luis Caffarelli's] most significant contributions are the regularity of free boundary problems and solutions to nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations, optimal transportation theory, and, more recently, results in the theory of homogenization.

American Mathematical Society (2014)

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Mathematics
Spring
Faculty
School of Mathematics

Degrees

University of Buenos Aires
Ph.D.
1972
University of Buenos Aires
M.Sc.
1968

Honors

2023
Abel Prize
2018
Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences
2009
Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement
2005
Rolf Schock Prize, Swedish Royal Academy of Science
2003
Premio Konex Platimo-Brillante
1984
Bocher Prize
1982
Stampacchi Prize (co-awarded)

Appointments

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
1994–1997
Professor
IAS, Princeton
1986–1996
Professor
University of Chicago
1983–1986
Professor