Philibert Nang Explained

Philibert Nang (born 1967^[1]) is a Gabonese mathematician known for his work in algebra (D-modules, Riemann–Hilbert correspondence).

Nang won the 2011 ICTP Ramanujan Prize for his research in mathematics, and because he conducted it in Gabon the ICTP declared: "It is hoped that his example will inspire other young African mathematicians working at the highest levels while based in Africa."^[2] He was awarded the African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative-Phillip Griffiths Prize in 2017.^[3]

He obtained his Ph.D. from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1996 under the supervision of Louis Boutet de Monvel.

Nang currently serves as president of the Gabon Mathematical Society.^[4]

He has been a visiting member at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics and at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.^[5] Currently he is employed as associate professor at University of Pretoria^[6] in South Africa.

Selected publications

• "On the classification of regular holonomic D-modules on skew-symmetric matrices", Journal of Algebra, Volume 356, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 115–132.
• "D-modules associated to the determinantal singularities", Proc. Japan Acad. Ser. A Math. Sci., Volume 80, Number 5, 2004, pp. 74–78.
• "D-modules associated to the group of similitudes", Publ. Res. I. Math. Sci., Volume 35, Number 2, 1999, pp. 223–247.

Notes and References

1. Book: Paulus Gerdes. Paulus Gerdes. African Doctorates in Mathematics: A Catalogue. 2007. Research Center for Mathematics, Culture and Education, Maputo, Mozambique. 127. 978-1-4303-1867-5.
2. Web site: ICTP - Ramanujan Prize Winner 2011. ictp.it. 24 January 2015.
3. Web site: 2017 AMMSI-Phillip Griffiths Prize Winner | African Mathematics Millennium science Initiative.
4. Web site: International Mathematical Union (IMU): Gabon (associate member). mathunion.org. 24 January 2015.
5. 1404.4212. Nang. Philibert. D-modules on G-representations. math.CV. 2014.
6. Web site: Professional profile.