Marie-Françoise Roy (born 28 April 1950 in Paris) is a French mathematician noted for her work in real algebraic geometry. She has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Rennes 1 since 1985 and in 2009 was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.[1] In 2004, she received an Irène Joliot-Curie Prize.
Marie-Françoise Roy | |
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 Marie-Francoise Roy 2009 in Oberwolfach | |
| Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Paris 13 University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Rennes 1 |
| Doctoral advisor | Jean Bénabou |
Research
editRoy works in real algebraic geometry in particular real spectra and, most recently, in complexity of algorithms in real algebraic geometry and also the applications.[2]
Education and career
editMarie-Françoise Roy got her education at École Normale Supérieure de jeunes filles and was an assistant professor at Université Paris Nord during 1973.[3] She received her PhD at Université Paris Nord in 1980, supervised by Jean Bénabou.[4]
From 1981 she spent two years at Abdou Moumouni University in Niger. In 1985 she became a professor at University of Rennes 1 in Rennes, France.
Service
editRoy was president of Société Mathématique de France from 2004 to 2007.[5]
In 1986, Roy was one of the founders[6] of European Women in Mathematics (EWM), and was the convenor (president) of EWM 2009–2013.[7] In 1987 she co-founded the French organization for women in mathematics, Femmes et Mathématiques, and became the organization's first president.
Roy is scientific officer for Sub-Saharan Africa in Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées, CIMPA].[8] Roy is president of Association d'Echanges Culturels Cesson Dankassari (Tarbiyya-Tatali) an organization working for joint activities in a commune Dan-Cassari in Niger and the French commune Cesson-Sévigné.
Selected publications
edit- with Saugata Basu, Richard Pollack: Algorithms in real algebraic geometry. Springer 2003.pdf-file freely available on author's homepage
- with Jacek Bochnak, Michel Coste: Real algebraic geometry. 2.Edition, Springer, Ergebnisse der Mathematik Bd. 36, 1998 (first in French 1. Edition 1987).
- Three Problems in real algebraic geometry and their descendants. In: Engquist, Schmid: Mathematics unlimited- 2001 and beyond. Springer Verlag 2000, S. 991 (Hilberts 17th Problem, Algorithms, Topology of real algebraic varieties).
- Géométrie algébrique réelle. In: Jean-Paul Pier (Hrsg.): Development of Mathematics 1950-2000. Birkhäuser 2000.
- Introduction a la geometrie algebrique reelle, Cahiers Sem. Hist. Math., 1991, Online
References
edit- ^ Journal officiel de la République française (1 January 2009). "Décret du 31 décembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination", p. 15.
- ^ Interview in la revue de l'espace de sciences (in French)
- ^ Women in Mathematics...Why not You? Exhibition in 16 portraits. p.20
- ^ Marie-Françoise Roy at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Past presidents of Société Mathématique de France (in French)". Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
- ^ Newsletter of the AWM, October 1986 p.1
- ^ "EWM, Portrait of Marie-Francoise Roy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
- ^ CIMPA website