Hervé Jacquet

Hervé Jacquet
Born1939 (age 8586)
France
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsColumbia University
ThesisFonctions de Whittaker associées aux groupes de Chevalley (1967)
Doctoral advisorRoger Godement

Hervé Jacquet is a French American mathematician, working in automorphic forms. He is considered one of the founders of the theory of automorphic representations and their associated L-functions, and his results play a central role in modern number theory.