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Artur Avila

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Artur Avila Cordeiro de Melo (Brazilian Portuguese: [aʁˈtuʁ ˈavilɐ koʁˈde(j)ɾu dʒi ˈmɛlu]; born 29 June 1979) is a Brazilian mathematician working primarily in the fields of dynamical systems and spectral theory. He is one of the winners of the 2014 Fields Medal, being the first Latin American and lusophone to win such award. He has been a researcher at both the IMPA and the CNRS (working a half-year in each one). He has been a professor at the University of Zurich since September 2018. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Artur Avila is the 905th most popular mathematician (up from 933rd in 2024), the 795th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 867th in 2019) and the most popular Brazilian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Artur Avila ranks 905 out of 1,004. Before him are Elwyn Berlekamp, Ruth Moufang, Clifford Truesdell, Claire Voisin, Hjalmar Mellin, and Volker Strassen. After him are James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Elon Lindenstrauss, Christine Darden, Armand Borel, Richard Borcherds, and David Blackwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Artur Avila ranks 194. Before him are Natalia Barbu, Rachelle Lefevre, Florian Zeller, Lee Na-young, Maria Haukaas Mittet, and Sergei Ignashevich. After him are Nenad Đorđević, Svetlana Zakharova, Mehdi Hasan, Im Soo-jung, Lee Dong-gook, and Kostas Katsouranis.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Artur Avila ranks 795 out of 2,236. Before him are Vicente Ferreira da Silva (1916), René Simões (1952), Cícero Moraes (1982), Alexandre Guimarães (1959), Marcelinho Paraíba (1975), and Gabriel Paulista (1990). After him are José Carlos de Almeida (1968), Donato Gama da Silva (1962), Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (1913), Carlos Eugênio Simon (1965), Marisa Monte (1967), and Aloísio Pires Alves (1963).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Brazil

Among mathematicians born in Brazil, Artur Avila ranks 1. 

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