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| | Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The IHÉS, founded in 1958 by businessman and mathematician Léon Motchane with the help of Robert Oppenheimer and Jean Dieudonné, aims to bring together top researchers in the field. |
 | | It has a small number of permanent professors, appointed for life, and invites about 200 visitors a year for varying terms averaging three months. |
 | | Some of the top mathematicians who were or are now permanent professors at the IHÉS include Alexandre Grothendieck, Jean Bourgain, Alain Connes, Pierre Deligne, René Thom, Pierre Cartier, Mikhail Gromov, Maxim Kontsevich, and Laurent Lafforgue. |
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