Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
The Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA; English: National Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics) is the foremost research and educational institution of Brazil in mathematics. It is in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It was formerly known simply as Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada; hence, IMPA is its official abbreviation.
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| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1952[1] |
| Budget | R$222 million[2] |
| Director | Marcelo Viana |
Academic staff | 130 faculty members and researchers (2018–2019)[3] |
| Students | 190 graduate students (2018–2019) |
| Location | , Brazil |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | impa.br (English) |
People from IMPA
changeArtur Avila, a 2014 Fields Medalist, is a researcher at IMPA and received his Ph.D there.[4] Among its researchers also are/were 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, Robert Morris, and Carolina Araujo.[5]
| Nº | Director | Period |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lélio Gama | 1952–1966 |
| 2 | Lindolpho de Carvalho Dias | 1966–1969 |
| 3 | Elon Lages Lima | 1969–1971 |
| 4 | Lindolpho de Carvalho Dias | 1971–1978 |
| 5 | Elon Lages Lima | 1978–1979 |
| 6 | Lindolpho de Carvalho Dias | 1979–1989 |
| 7 | Elon Lages Lima | 1989–1993 |
| 8 | Jacob Palis | 1993–2003 |
| 9 | César Camacho | 2003–2015 |
| 10 | Marcelo Viana | 2015- |
References
change- ↑ Francisco de Oliveira Castro. A Matemática no Brasil, Editora da Unicamp, p. 74.
- ↑ "Impa Balanço Anual". IMPA. Archived from the original on 1 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ↑ "People". O Globo.
- ↑ Romero, Simon (Aug 27, 2014). "From a Compound in the Brazilian Hills, Excellence in Math Emerges". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Pesquisadores". impa.br. Retrieved 11 December 2018.