About Pierre van Moerbeke
Born 1944. Pierre van Moerbeke is a Belgian mathematician and university teacher.
Pierre van Moerbeke (born 1 October 1944 in Leuven, Belgium) is a retired Belgian mathematician. He studies non-linear differential equations and partial differential equations, with soliton behavior. The Volterra lattice, also called the Kac-van Moerbeke lattice, is named for him.
Education and career Van Moerbeke studied mathematics at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he received his degree in 1966. He then obtained a PhD in mathematics at Rockefeller University, New York City (1972). Formerly a professor of mathematics at Brandeis University (United States) and the Catholic University of Leuven, he has retired to become a professor emeritus at Brandeis.
Recognition In 1988, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Exact Sciences.
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Pierre van Moerbeke was born on 1 October 1944 in Leuven.
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