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Yves F. Meyer is a French mathematician. He is among the progenitors of wavelet theory, having proposed the Meyer wavelet. Meyer was awarded the Abel Prize in 2017.
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science · French mathematician (b. 1939) · mathematician · also Yves Meyer, Yves François Meyer, Meyer
Born 19 July 1939 · Q574597
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“is to be ignorant most of the time and often to make mistakes.”
Published “Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold” in Nature — cited 44,097 times.
Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2020).
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Received the Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research
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Awarded Abel Prize (2017).
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Was awarded the Abel Prize for his pivotal role in developing the mathematical theory of wavelets
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Awarded Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013).
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Became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society
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Awarded Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize (2010).
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Yves Meyer was awarded the Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize
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Published “Model-based Analysis of ChIP-Seq (MACS)” in Genome Biology — cited 17,966 times.
Published “The RAST Server: Rapid Annotations using Subsystems Technology” in BMC Genomics — cited 10,780 times.
Published “Raman Spectrum of Graphene and Graphene Layers” in Physical Review Letters — cited 13,850 times.
Published “Prejudice, social stress, and mental health in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations: Conceptual issues and research evidence.” in Psychological Bulletin — cited 11,571 times.
Awarded Prix de l'Etat (1984).
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Published “Institutionalized Organizations: Formal Structure as Myth and Ceremony” in American Journal of Sociology — cited 18,494 times.
Awarded Salem Prize (1970).
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In Nice, in 1983 in Warsaw, and in 1990 in Kyoto
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Awarded Cours Peccot (1968).
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Under the supervision of Jean-Pierre Kahane
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Born 1939-07-19.
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