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Robert McCann
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University of TorontoAcademy or College
Academy of ScienceYear Elected
2014Areas of Interest
Mathematical physics, transport
McCANN, Robert – Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Robert McCann is a world leader in the theory of optimal transportation, which addresses the
phenomena that arise when mass is transported in the most cost effective way. His research places him at
the forefront of international efforts to analyze the modern versions of Monge and Kantorovich theories,
and their far-flung applications to non-Euclidean geometries, functional inequalities, partial differential equations,
economics, weather prediction, image processing and computer vision.
McCANN, Robert – Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
Robert McCann est parmi les premiers du monde dans la théorie du transport optimal, qui adresse les
phénomènes lorsque le poids est transporté de façon optimal. Ses recherches le mettent au sommet des
efforts internationaux pour analyser les versions modernes des théories de Monge et Kantorovich, ainsi
que leurs conséquences pour la géométrie non-euclidienne, les inégalités fonctionnelles, les équations différentielles
partielles, la gestion, la météorologie et la vision des ordinateurs.