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An interview with Bernard Teissier

Patrick Popescu-Pampu

Abstract

This text is a reworked version of a recorded interview with Bernard Teissier conducted in his house in Paris, on 28 and 29 September 2024.

An interview with Bernard Teissier

Abstract

This text is a reworked version of a recorded interview with Bernard Teissier conducted in his house in Paris, on 28 and 29 September 2024.
Paper Structure (29 sections, 18 figures)

This paper contains 29 sections, 18 figures.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Parents and studies
  3. First research interests
  4. Discovering Singularity Theory
  5. The first article
  6. Early mathematician friends
  7. The first stay at Harvard
  8. Research style
  9. Collaborations and seminars
  10. PhD supervisions
  11. Important conferences
  12. Member of Bourbaki
  13. Editorial work
  14. Administration of mathematical libraries
  15. Evolution of research interests
  16. ...and 14 more sections

Figures (18)

  • Figure 1: Bernard and the interviewer discussing along the Marne river in June 2001
  • Figure 2: Bernard near a photo of him as a child, during the interview
  • Figure 3: Bernard (in the front) with his parents and his brother Jean-Renaud in the Alps, around 1955
  • Figure 4: Bernard and Maryvonne with Heisuke and his wife Wakako Hironaka at Tordesillas (Spain) in 2011
  • Figure 5: Bernard with Heisuke Hironaka at Oberwolfach in 2019
  • ...and 13 more figures