Jacob Palis

Jacob Palis, Jr. is a Brazilian mathematician and professor. Palis research interests are mainly dynamical systems and differential equations. Some themes are Global stability and hyperbolicity, bifurcations, attractors and chaotic systems.

Jacob Palis was born in Uberaba, Minas Gerais. His father was a Lebanese immigrant, and his mother was a Syrian immigrant. The couple had eight children , and Jacob was the youngest. His father was a merchant, owner of a large store, and supported and funded the studies of his children. Palis said that he already enjoyed mathematics in his childhood.

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