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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.

References

1. Gesztesy, F.; Holden, H.; Simon, B.; Zhao, Z. (1993), "On the Toda and Kac-van Moerbeke systems", Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 339 (2): 849–868, doi:10.2307/2154302, MR 1153014
2. ^ Ceremony of the Francqui Prize (PDF), Fondation Francqui-Stichting, 3 June 1988, retrieved 10 July 2024
3. "Faculty", Department of Mathematics, Brandeis University, retrieved 10 July 2024

External links

• Official Webpage
• Alternate webpage
• Pierre van Moerbeke at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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