Professor Dr Claire Voisin

Research Priorities: Complex algebraic geometry, algebraic varieties, Hodge theory, Kähler manifolds, mirror symmetry, Kodaira’s theorem
Claire Voisin is a French mathematician. She focuses on complex algebraic geometry and has solved two previously insurmountable problems. She disproved Kodaira’s theorem and solved the Kodaira problem. She also proved US mathematician Mark Green’s theories about the syzygies of canonical curves.
She is considered a leader in the field of complex algebraic geometry. This field of mathematics investigates the structural characteristics of one, two and multidimensional objects using calculations and equations. Claire Voisin found the solution to two long unresolved problems in algebraic geometry: She disproved the famous theorem of Japanese mathematician Kodaira Kunihiko that three-dimensional and multidimensional objects can be investigated using “algebraic varieties”. In doing so, Claire Voisin also succeeded in providing a partial proof and solution to the theories of US mathematicians Mark Green and Spencer Bloch. Her book about British mathematician William Hodge’s theory, “Hodge Theory and Complex Algebraic Geometry”, is now considered the standard reference.