Bernadette Perrin-Riou facts for kids

Bernadette Perrin-Riou (born August 1, 1955) is a famous French number theorist. She studies special kinds of numbers and their patterns.

Early Life and Family

Bernadette Perrin-Riou was born on August 1, 1955, in a town called Les Vans in France. Her parents were both scientists; her mother was a physicist, and her father was a chemist. She grew up with her sisters in a place called Neuilly-sur-Seine.

Her Education Journey

In 1974, Bernadette started studying at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Jeunes Filles, which is a very good school in France. She finished her first degree there in 1977.

After that, she worked as a research assistant at the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris. She earned an advanced degree in 1979 from University of Paris-Sud. Later, in 1983, she received her doctoral degree from Pierre and Marie Curie University. Her main teacher for her doctorate was John H. Coates. Her special project was about "Arithmetic of elliptic curves and Iwasawa theory," which are advanced topics in math.

Bernadette's Career

In 1983, she became a lecturer (called maître de conferences) at Pierre and Marie Curie University. She was then invited to be a visiting professor at Harvard University in the United States for a year. After that, she became a full professor at Harvard.

In 1994, she moved back to France to work as a professor at University of Paris-Sud in Orsay. In the same year, she was asked to give an important speech at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich. She spoke about "p-adic L-functions," which are special mathematical functions.

Her Research Work

Bernadette Perrin-Riou's research focuses on number theory, which is the study of numbers and their properties. She especially looks at topics like p-adic L-functions and Iwasawa theory. These are advanced areas that help mathematicians understand deep patterns in numbers.

Awards and Recognition

In 1999, Bernadette Perrin-Riou was given the Ruth Lyttle Satter Prize in Mathematics. This award was created in 1990 to celebrate the achievements of women in mathematics.

See also

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