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Maurício Matos Peixoto

Brazilian engineer and mathematician (1921–2019)

Maurício Matos Peixoto (April 15, 1921 – April 28, 2019) was a Brazilian engineer and mathematician. He pioneered the studies on structural stability, and was the author of Peixoto's theorem.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Maurício Matos Peixoto (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Apr 15, 1921, died Apr 28, 2019.¹

Companies

Brazilian Academy of SciencesChair 1981 to 1991¹⁵

Early life and education

1933 to 1938Colégio Pedro II³
1939 to 1948Escola Politécnica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro³
1949 to 1951University of Chicago³

Career

Occupation: engineer, mathematician.⁸

1981 to 1991Chairperson, Brazilian Academy of Sciences⁶
1979 to 1980Chairperson, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development^{6 7}
1978 to 2011Worked at Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada⁴
1975 to 1977Chairperson, Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática⁶
1973 to 1978Worked at Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of São Paulo^{4 5}
1970 to 1973Worked at Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada⁴
1964 to 1970Worked at Brown University⁴
1952 to 1964Worked at Escola Politécnica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro⁴
1952 to 1964Worked at Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada⁴
1947 to 1949Worked at Fundação Getúlio Vargas⁴

Personal life

BornApr 15, 1921, Fortaleza⁹
DiedApr 28, 2019, Rio de Janeiro¹⁰
CitizenshipBrazil¹¹
SpouseMarília Chaves Peixoto 1946 to 1961¹²

Peixoto married engineer and mathematician Marília Magalhães Chaves (who was known professionally by her married name) Marília Chaves Peixoto in 1946, with whom he had two children. The couple collaborated in their work, jointly published "Structural Stability in the plane with enlarged boundary conditions" in 1959, before Marília Chaves Peixoto's early death in 1961. It would be a key paper which led to the development of Peixoto's theorem.

From Wikipedia’s article on Maurício Matos Peixoto (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Awards

1986TWAS Prize for Mathematics¹³
1969Bunge Foundation Award^{13 14}

Sources

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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto on Wikidata
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WikipediaMaurício Matos Peixoto on Wikipedia
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: education, on Wikidata
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: Worked at Fundação Getúlio Vargas, on Wikidata
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WikidataWorked at Institute of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of São Paulo, as reported by MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: Chairperson, Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática, on Wikidata
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WikidataChairperson, National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, as reported
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataMaurício Matos Peixoto: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported by MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
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WikidataBrazilian Academy of Sciences, Chair
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Wikimedia CommonsMaurício Matos Peixoto photo by Unknown author Unknown author, GFDL