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Jean Jacod

b. 1944

French mathematician

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Born 1944. Jean Jacod is a French mathematician and university teacher, known for Malliavin calculus.

Jean Jacod (born 13 November 1944) is a French mathematician specializing in stochastic processes and probability theory. He has been a professor at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie. He has made fundamental contributions to a wide range of topics in probability theory including stochastic calculus, limit theorems, martingale problems, Malliavin calculus and statistics of stochastic processes.

Biography

Jean Jacod graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in 1965 and obtained his Doctorat d'État in Mathematics from the Université Paris-VI. His advisor was Jacques Neveu.

Selected bibliography

J. JACOD, P. PROTTER: Asymptotic error distributions for the Euler method for stochastic differential equations. Ann. Probab., 26, 267-307 (1998). J. JACOD: Non-parametric kernel estimation of the diffusion for a diffusion process. Scand. J. Statist. 27, 83-96 (2000). E. EBERLEIN, J. JACOD, S. RAIBLE: Levy term structure models: no–arbitrage and completeness. Finance and Stochastics, 9, 67–88 (2005) J. JACOD: Asymptotic properties of power variations of L'evy processes. ESAIM-PS, 11, 173-196 (2007). J. JACOD: Asymptotic properties of realized power variations and associated functionals 129-A of semimartingales. Stoch. Proc. Appl., 118, 517-559 (2008). Y. AIT–SAHALIA, J. JACOD: Testing for jumps in a discretely observed process. Annals of Statistics, 37, 1, 184-222 (2009). J. JACOD, Y. LI, P. MYKLAND, M. PODOLSKIJ, M. VETTER: Microstructure noise in the continuous case: the pre-averaging approach. Stoch. Proc. Appl., 119, 7, 2249-2276 (2009). J. JACOD, Z. KOWALSKI, A. NIKEGHBALI: Mod-Gaussian convergence: new limit theorems in probability and number theory. Forum Math. 23, 835-873 (2011). A. DIOP, J. JACOD, V. TODOROV: Central Limit Theorem for Approximate Quadratic Variations of Pure Jump Ito Semimartingales. Stoch. Proc. Appl. 123, 839-886 (2013).

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Known for
Malliavin calculus
Education
École polytechnique, Pierre and Marie Curie University, Ecole Polytechnique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Awards
Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jean Jacod?

French mathematician

When was Jean Jacod born?

Jean Jacod was born on 13 November 1944 in France.

What is Jean Jacod's occupation?

Jean Jacod is a mathematician and university teacher.

What is Jean Jacod known for?

Jean Jacod is known for Malliavin calculus.

What nationality is Jean Jacod?

Jean Jacod is French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Jean Jacod

· Wikidata: Q38130288

· DBpedia: Jean Jacod

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