Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada

Coordinates: 22°57′55″S 43°14′17″W / 22.965284°S 43.237939°W / -22.965284; -43.237939

IMPA
Type Public
Established 1952[1]
Director Marcelo Viana
Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Campus Urban
Website impa.br (English)

The Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA; English: National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics) is widely considered to be the foremost research and educational institution of Brazil in the area of mathematics. It is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and was formerly known simply as Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, hence its official abbreviation.

As of 2015, IMPA does research in algebra, analysis, differential geometry, partial differential equations, computer graphics, fluid dynamics, holomorphic dynamics, mathematical economics, symplectic geometry, algebraic geometry, optimization, probability theory, dynamical systems, and ergodic theory. It is aiming to expand its lines of research to include topology, number theory, combinatorics, and discrete mathematics in general and its applications.[2][3]

Artur Avila, a 2014 Fields Medalist, is a researcher at IMPA and received his Ph.D there.[4] Among its researchers also are Jacob Palis, Elon Lages Lima, Maurício Peixoto, Manfredo do Carmo, Marcelo Viana, Welington de Melo, Enrique Pujals, Harold Rosenberg, Marcos Dajczer, Carlos Gustavo Moreira, Fernando Codá Marques, César Camacho, Arnaldo Garcia, Alfredo Noel Iusem, Karl-Otto Stöhr and Robert Morris.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Francisco de Oliveira Castro. A Matemática no Brasil, Editora da Unicamp, p. 74.
  2. ↑ http://www.impa.br/opencms/pt/pesquisa/pesquisa_areas_de_pesquisa/index.html
  3. ↑ http://w3.impa.br/~viana/out/Panorama_Matematica.pdf
  4. ↑ Romero, Simon (Aug 27, 2014). "From a Compound in the Brazilian Hills, Excellence in Math Emerges". The New York Times.
  5. ↑ http://www.impa.br/opencms/pt/pesquisa/pesquisa_pesquisadores/pesquisadores_do_impa.html
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