Bernard Teissier

Bernard Teissier (French pronunciation: [tɛsje]; born 1945) is a French mathematician and a member of the Nicolas Bourbaki group. He has made major contributions to algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, specifically to singularity theory, multiplicity theory and valuation theory.

Bernard Teissier
Born1945 (age 7879)
NationalityFrench
Alma materParis Diderot University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsParis Diderot University
Paris-Sud 11 University
University of Tehran
Doctoral advisorHeisuke Hironaka
Doctoral studentsFrançois Loeser
David Trotman

Teissier attained his doctorate from Paris Diderot University in 1973, under supervision of Heisuke Hironaka. He was a member and a leading figure of Nicolas Bourbaki. Along with Alain Connes, he gave the 1975/1976 Peccot Lectures. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematics at Warsaw in 1983.

In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

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