Artur Oscar Lopes
Artur Oscar Lopes | |
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| Born | October 17, 1950 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Education | Ph.D. in Mathematics from IMPA (1977) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Mathematician |
| Employer(s) | UFRGS, Porto Alegre |
| Known for | Work on dynamical systems and ergodic theory |
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| Awards | Brazil's National Order of Scientific Merit in mathematics |
Artur Oscar Lopes (born 17 October 1950 in the city of Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer and mathematician working on dynamical systems and ergodic theory. He is a professor at UFRGS, Porto Alegre.
He earned his Ph.D. from the IMPA in 1977 under the supervision of Jacob Palis.
He is a recipient of Brazil's National Order of Scientific Merit in mathematics. Since 2007 he has been a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences.
He is the author of the textbooks Tópicos de Mecânica Clássica, Cálculo Tensorial, Teoria dos Corpos, and Equações Diferenciais Ordinárias.