Scientists / Open questions
Laurent Schwartz
Distribution theory; functional analysis
1950 Fields Medal
3 questions
Does loss of cell polarity alone drive the geometry of epithelial carcinogenesis in three dimensions? Mechanical extension, quantitative phase behavior, and empirical calibration of the Fleury-Schwartz lattice model
Open validation and generalization program for the interlaced diffusion-limited-aggregation model of 3-D microvasculature formation (Fleury-Schwartz, 2000)
Completing the shear-driven Laplacian-growth (DLA-type) model of vasculogenesis: mechanotransduction growth law, capillary regression, wall anisotropy, finite vessel resistance, and the fractal dimension of vascular trees