Marie-Françoise Roy

Marie-Françoise Roy
Marie-Francoise Roy 2009 in Oberwolfach
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Paris
NationalityFrench
Alma materParis 13 University
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Rennes 1
Doctoral advisorJean Bénabou

Marie-Françoise Roy (born 28 April 1950 in Paris) is a French mathematician noted for her work in real algebraic geometry. She has been Professor of Mathematics at the University of Rennes 1 since 1985 and in 2009 was made a Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour.[1] In 2004, she received an Irène Joliot-Curie Prize.

Research

Roy works in real algebraic geometry in particular real spectra and, most recently, in complexity of algorithms in real algebraic geometry and also the applications.[2]

Education and career

Marie-Françoise Roy got her education at École Normale Supérieure de jeunes filles and was an assistant professor at Université Paris Nord during 1973.[3] She received her PhD at Université Paris Nord in 1980, supervised by Jean Bénabou.[4]

From 1981 she spent two years at Abdou Moumouni University in Niger. In 1985 she became a professor at University of Rennes 1 in Rennes, France.

Service

Roy was president of Société Mathématique de France from 2004 to 2007.[5]

In 1986, Roy was one of the founders[6] of European Women in Mathematics (EWM), and was the convenor (president) of EWM 2009–2013.[7] In 1987 she co-founded the French organization for women in mathematics, Femmes et Mathématiques, and became the organization's first president.

Roy is scientific officer for Sub-Saharan Africa in Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées, CIMPA].[8] Roy is president of Association d'Echanges Culturels Cesson Dankassari (Tarbiyya-Tatali) an organization working for joint activities in a commune Dan-Cassari in Niger and the French commune Cesson-Sévigné.

Selected publications

  • with Saugata Basu, Richard Pollack: Algorithms in real algebraic geometry. Springer 2003.pdf-file freely available on author's homepage
  • with Jacek Bochnak, Michel Coste: Real algebraic geometry. 2.Edition, Springer, Ergebnisse der Mathematik Bd. 36, 1998 (first in French 1. Edition 1987).
  • Three Problems in real algebraic geometry and their descendants. In: Engquist, Schmid: Mathematics unlimited- 2001 and beyond. Springer Verlag 2000, S. 991 (Hilberts 17th Problem, Algorithms, Topology of real algebraic varieties).
  • Géométrie algébrique réelle. In: Jean-Paul Pier (Hrsg.): Development of Mathematics 1950-2000. Birkhäuser 2000.
  • Introduction a la geometrie algebrique reelle, Cahiers Sem. Hist. Math., 1991, Online

References

  1. ^ Journal officiel de la République française (1 January 2009). "Décret du 31 décembre 2008 portant promotion et nomination", p. 15.
  2. ^ Interview in la revue de l'espace de sciences (in French)
  3. ^ Women in Mathematics...Why not You? Exhibition in 16 portraits. p.20
  4. ^ Marie-Françoise Roy at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. ^ "Past presidents of Société Mathématique de France (in French)". Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  6. ^ Newsletter of the AWM, October 1986 p.1
  7. ^ "EWM, Portrait of Marie-Francoise Roy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  8. ^ CIMPA website