Interview au CIRM : Jean-Christophe Yoccoz

Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, né le 29 mai 1957 à Paris, est un mathématicien français, lauréat de la médaille Fields en 1994, professeur au Collège de France depuis 1996. Il est notamment connu pour ses travaux sur les systèmes dynamiques. Médaille d'argent puis d'or aux Olympiades internationales de mathématiques en 1973 et 1974. Médaille de bronze du CNRS en 1984. Prix IBM de mathématiques en 1985. Prix Salem en 1988. Prix Jaffé de l'Académie des sciences en 1991. Médaille Fields en 1994. ----------- Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (born May 29, 1957) is a French mathematician. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1994, for his work on dynamical systems. Yoccoz was an IMO-1973 silver medal winner and won a gold medal at IMO-1974. He attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand. He graduated from the École Normale Supérieure with the Agrégation de Mathématiques in 1977. After completing military service in Brazil, he completed his Ph.D. under Michael Herman in 1985 at the École Polytechnique. He took up a position at University of Paris-Sud at Orsay and was awarded the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Zurich in 1994. He is currently Professor at the Collège de France.