W. P. Thurston and French mathematics

François Laudenbach (1) , Athanase Papadopoulos (2, 3)

1 LMJL - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Jean Leray
2 IRMA - Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée
3 Chebyshev Laboratory

We give a general overview of the influence of William Thurston on the French mathematical school and we show how some of the major problems he solved are rooted in the French mathematical tradition. At the same time, we survey some of Thurston's major results and their impact. The final version of this paper will appear in the Surveys of the European Mathematical Society.

Mots clés: Hyperbolic struc- tures; contact structures; Haefliger structures; low-dimensional topology; history of French mathematics.; foliations; history of French mathematics Part 1; Hyperbolic structures; William P. Thurston: Geometric structures; 57M50; 01A61; 01A60; AMS classification: 01A70; 57R17; 57R30 Keywords: William P Thurston: Geometric structures

Domaines: Histoire et perspectives sur les mathématiques [math.HO]; Topologie géométrique [math.GT]

François Laudenbach, Athanase Papadopoulos. W. P. Thurston and French mathematics. EMS Surveys in Mathematical Sciences, 2019, 6 (1--2), pp.33--81. ⟨hal-02388097⟩