Thierry De Pauw

MATHEMATICIAN

SHORT BIO

My research interest is mathematical analysis. I specialise in Geometric Measure Theory, a branch of fundamental mathematics of which the paradigm is the Plateau problem. It consists in studying the geometrical complexity of soap films and soap bubbles, including those in infinite dimensional spaces.

I grew up in Brussels, Belgium. I am currently a Professor at Westlake University and Honorary Maître de Recherches at the F.N.R.S., Belgium. I keep happy memories from working at Université Paris Cité – Paris 7 ; University College London, England ; Université Paris-Sud in Orsay, France ; Rice University in Houston, Texas ; and Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

EDUCATION

1977 – 1983
Institut Champagnat, Schaerbeek, Belgium
Primary school

1983 – 1989
Institut Saint-Louis, Bruxelles, Belgium
Secondary school

1989 – 1998
Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
B.S. and PhD in mathematics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Measure Theory
Hausdorff and integral geometric measures

Ill-Posed Partial Differential Equations
The divergence operator

Geometric Variational Problems
Integral currents and flat chains

Nonabsolutely Convergent Integration
Henstock, Kurzweil, Pfeffer

o-Minimal Geometry
Metric theory

CONTACT

Institute for Theoretical Sciences
Westlake University

Yungu campus

email : thierry dot depauw at westlake dot edu dot cn