Home › Entities › Human › Alain Chenciner

Alain Chenciner

French mathematician
Person Human Q15455980

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[17]
Date of birth
October 23, 1943
Place of birth
Villeneuve-sur-Lot
Country of citizenship
France[6]
Occupation
mathematician, docent, university teacher
Employer
University of Paris-Sud, Paris Diderot University, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis[7][8][9]
Educated at
École polytechnique, University of Paris, École Normale Supérieure[10][11][12]
Award received
Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[15]
Doctoral advisor
Jean Cerf[13]
Doctoral student
Daniel Bennequin, Qiaoling Wei, Lei Zhao, Jessica Elisa Massetti, Anne Robadey, Philippe Levallois, Jacques Féjoz, David Sauzin, Eric Benoît, Marc Chaperon, Andrea Venturelli, Alain Albouy, Martin Celli, Emmanuelle Julliard Tosel[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[34]
Given name
Alain[33]
Honorific prefix
emeritus[32]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[35]
Member of
American Mathematical Society[16]
Student
Emmanuelle Julliard Tosel[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Alain Chenciner zh 阿兰·契纳
🔖 Identifiers · 16
ISNI
0000000032190161
VIAF cluster ID
76362015
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87130450
GND ID
1077667795
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Chenciner alain.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121896990
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11_yl3cbn
IdRef ID
030493714
J9U entity ID
987007317062705171
MR Author ID
47930
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
123961
NUKAT ID
n2004253562
Show all 16 identifiers +4
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071086366
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrwR8CCxYFjpVJfkCWCcP
Yale LUX ID
person/6c0af875-0f23-4644-a6ff-43febe2caf6a
ZbMATH author ID
chenciner.alain

Report an error or request removal Lineage (PROV-JSON)

Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Alain Chenciner was born on October 23, 1943[1], in Villeneuve-sur-Lot[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3], docent[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Alain Chenciner born?

Alain Chenciner's place of birth was Villeneuve-sur-Lot[2].

What did Alain Chenciner do for work?

Alain Chenciner worked as a mathematician[3], docent[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Alain Chenciner go to school?

Alain Chenciner was educated at École polytechnique[10], University of Paris[11], and École Normale Supérieure[12].

What awards did Alain Chenciner receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the American Mathematical Society[15].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . theses.fr. theses.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . theses.fr. theses.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [16] ↑ . ams.org. Retrieved . ams.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Alain Chenciner. Retrieved November 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/alain-chenciner
MLA “Alain Chenciner.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Nov. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/alain-chenciner.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_alain-chenciner_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Alain Chenciner}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/alain-chenciner}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Alain Chenciner — https://4ort.xyz/entity/alain-chenciner (retrieved 2026-11-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/alain-chenciner · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65777: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 22w ago · Symac · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Doctoral student → Daniel Bennequin, Qiaoling Wei, Lei Zhao +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #35654: ThesisDoctoralStudents_3"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.