The Role of Mathematics in the Development of Developing Countries
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The Role of Mathematics in the Development of
Developing Countries
Michel Waldschmidt
Neishabour July 23 2005
http://math.jussieu.fr/~miw
Mathematics House
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Plan
• A concrete example
• Basic Sciences and Development
• « Pure » Mathematics
• Organisms of scientific cooperation
• Mathematics in developing countries
• Conclusion
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An example where mathematical modelisation is useful
International Conference at St Louis du Senegal
« Mathematics and applications to the problems of development in Sahel »
Supported by CIMPA
december 15-20, 2003
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The river Senegal
Barrage to stop salted water
30 km
6 km
Cutting the tongue
Barbarie Tongue
TOWN SAINT-LOUIS
RIVER
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Opening barbarie tongue river Senegal, St Louis
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Applications of researches in physics
• Computers (microprocessors, optic lecteurs)• Telephones (transmission between fixed
dialers, optic cables)• Television (emission and reception of
waves)• New materials• Study of the sand and its properties.
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Applications of researches in mathematics
• Credit cards (cryptography)• Internet (data compression)• Medecine (reconstruction of images,
scanner, medical images)• Building (simulation of the deformation of
bridges and sky-scrappers related to winds and earth quakes)
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Mathematics as a tool
• Nuclear Physics • Synthesis of chemical molecules • Automatic recognition of forms, data processing, error
correcting codes (telecommunications)• Conception of mobile robots (work in hostile
surrounding)• Automatic driving systems (landing under any weather
condition)• Oil extraction: Computer Commutative Algebra
(Gröbner bases, Zanjan CIMPA School)
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L’explosionL’explosion
des des
MathématiquesMathématiques
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« Mr Fourier thought that the main aim of mathematics was public utility and explanation of natural phenomenons.
A philosopher like him should have known that the unic goal of Science is the honor of human spirit, and therefore a question of number has the same value as a question of the world system. »
Carl Gustav Jacobi
Joseph Fourier
Gustav Jacobi
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Henri Poincaré
• « Mathematics deserve to be studied for themselves, the theory which can be applied to physics should be developed as well as others.»
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« Mathematics have always progressed under a double stimulation, one from inside coming from studying the problems arising from mathematics itself, the other coming from outside arising from other sciences, from engineering, services and from the society in general. »
Jean Pierre Bourguignon, director of IHÉS(Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques, France)
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Mathematics as a cultural component
• Mathematics is a universal language, it provides a structure to thinking, enables to treat the problems in a scientific, rational way.
• It is a necessary step to access basic culture. • Helps to create an intellectual elite• Historical development of mathematics• « Free» (not finalized) research• Regional centers of excellence
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Hidden face of mathematics
• If we consider either art or mathematics, we are in the world of ideas and imagination
Roger Rotmann, Director of National Center for Contemporary Art Georges Pompidou, 18/03/2004
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Usefulness of cooperation
• (Re)constitution of an intellectual elite in Developping Countries
• To create a network of academic people of high level who are indispensable for economic development (able to collaborate with industrials)
• Avoid brain drain (sandwich theses - cotutelle)
• Reciprocal benefit of exchanges
• Francophony
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To enable countries from south to acquire the necessary expertise for
their development
• Teaching: preparation to the formation of technicians, engineers, scientifics - education is a preliminary basis for development
• Technology• Computer science• Banks, insurances (actuariat),… (jobs in mathematics and in physics)
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• Reduction of communication costs increases the agglomeration of richness rather that its dispersion.
• A consequence of polarisation is a concentration of expertise in the centers to the detriment of periphery.
• Poor countries should find means for their prosperity which do not come from rich countries.
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To develop networks in southern countries
Unión Matemática de America Latina y el
Caribe Southeast Asian Mathematical Society
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Mathematics in India
• Tata Institute, Bombay (Mumbai): Homi Bhabha, Tata, Nehru
• DAE (Department of Atomic Energy) • Bangalore: silicon valley
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« Pure » Mathematics
• Non peaceful applications : DAE Department of Atomic Energy in India and IAEA for ICTP
• NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization• Cooperation with Iraq,…• Concurrence with countries like China and
India
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French Cooperation
MAE
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Budget of Foreign Affairs in 2000: 9 billions French Francs (1.5 billion Euros)
(Ministry of Economy and Finances: 8,3 billions French Francs)
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A general institut for cooperation
• IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement)
French Institute of scientific research for the development in cooperation
ex ORSTOM (Office de recherche scientifique et technique outre -mer)
• Budget: 180 millions € (1 600 positions, including 1 200 researchers or engeeniers).
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A specialized institute
• CIRAD (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement)
• Budget: 78 millions € (1 800 people, including 900 staffs).
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Other french institutions which take part to the cooperation
(Institut National de Recherche
en Informatique et en Automatique)
(Institut National de Recherche
Agronomique)
(Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique)
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COPEDComité pour les pays en développement
• Committee for developing countries (Academy of Science)
• Aim: to promote initiatives which will help french scientific research in connection with developing countries
• January 2002: workshop with CIMPA, SMF and SMAI (the two french mathematical societies) on the subject :
Mathematics and developing countries.
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Learned Societies• SMF (Société Mathématique de France =
French Mathematical Society)
• SMAI (Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles= Applied and Industrial Mathematical Society )
• SFP (Société Française de Physique = French Physical Society)
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CIMPA
• Centre International de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées (1978) International Center of pure
and applied mathematics • Budget: 250 000 €
Including salaries: 600 000 €
• Between 5 to 8 schools per year
• Contribute to workshops and networks
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CIMPA : since 1978, 124 schools and 55 Seminars, workshops in the field of Pure and Applied Mathematics
and Computer Science In 41 south countries including• 15 in Africa• 5 in South East Asia and India• 10 in Latine America and Caraïbean• 6 in Middle East• 3 in East Europa6 451 trainees, 700 lecturers (110 from south
countries
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UNESCO
• United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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ICTP
• International Center for Theoretical Physics (1964) under IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
Abdu Salam Centre, Trieste 17 Millions €
(85% from italian gouvernment)
« Associate members » from south countries
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ISP
• International Science Program, University Uppsala (Sweeden)
Faculty of Science and Technology
Born in 1961
3,8 Millions € / year
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ISP: International Science Program• Constitution of networks North/South and South/South, Visits in developed countries of scientifics from
developing countries
Africa: Cameroun, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambie, Zimbabwe
Asie: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thaïland
Latin America : Colombia, Equador, Perou
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ICMS Edimburg
• International Center of Mathematical Sciences (1990) • The main aims of the ICMS are • To create an environment in which mathematical
sciences will develop in new directions. • To encourage and exploit those areas of
mathematics that are of relevance to other sciences, industry and commerce (trade).
• To promote international collaboration within these aims and in particular with mathematicians in the developing world.
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• EMS CDC
European Mathematical Society
Committee for developing countries
IMU CDE
International Mathematical Union
Commission on Development and Exchanges
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• Physics in Developing Countries
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UNO United Nation Organization
FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations helping to build a world without hunger
HWO: Health World Organization The United Nations Children's Fund
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The World Bank is an institution for development Whose aim is to reduce poverty by increasing growth
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AMMSI
• The African Mathematics Millennium Science Initiative
• The Challenge of Strengthening Mathematics in Africa
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Budget : 1,8 million US$/year
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Mathematicians in the world
• World Directory of Mathematicians 2002 (International Mathematical Union)
• 57 000 mathematicians in 71 countries (53 900 in 1998)
• CNFM (Comité National Français des Mathématiciens)
• ~ 3 000 mathematicians in France (2 855 in 1998)
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ASIAPays PNB /Habitant
milliard de $ $ US
Japon 4 300 33 500Singapour 86 20 700Corée S. 470 9 900Malaisie 86 3 500Thaïlande 122 2 000Chine 1 200 940Indonésie 150 700Inde 500 480Vietnam 35 430Cambodge 3,5 280
Country NPB NPB/inhabitant
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Mathematicians in Asia
Japon 2 988Chine 1 258Corée du Sud 500Vietnam 362Inde 347Taiwan 142Singapour 98Hong Kong 87Corée du Nord 39Philippines 23
Source: World Directory of Mathematicians
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Wuhan
MumbaiChennai
Hyderabad
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Mathematics in China
• Cultural revolution
• International Congress of Mathematics in 2002 (Beijing) - science and technology
• Academia Sinica
• Peking University (Beida), Tsinghua
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Cooperation between France and China about mathematics
• Wuhan: Centre Sino-Français de Mathématiques, 1980-90
• Shanghai: Institut Sino-Français de Mathématiques Appliquées.
• Peking University (Beida), Tsinghua
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Mathématics in India
Institute of
Mathematical Sciences
(IMSc Chennai)
Harish Chandra Research Institute
(Allahabad)
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• Indo French Centre for the promotion of advanced research
• A program of scientific cooperation between France and India, supported by the Indian Department of Science and Technology and the French Ministry of Foreign Affaires(Foreign Office)
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Indo-french Cooperation in mathematics
• Fr. Racine (Tiruchirappalli, Madras)
• Tata Institute (Laurent Schwartz,… )
• Cyber University Bangalore/Toulouse
• IFIM Institut Franco-Indien de Mathématiques = Indo French Institute of Mathematics.
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Mathematicians in Middle East
Turquie 123Iran 75Arabie Saoudite 55Koweit 38
Source: World Directory of Mathematicians
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Basic Sciences in Iran
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AFRICAPays PNB /Habitant
milliard de $ $ US
Afrique du Sud 113 2 600Tunisie 20 2 000Algérie 54 1 700Maroc 35 1 200Angola 9 660Côte d'Ivoire 10 610Cameroun 9 560Bénin 3 380Nigeria 39 290Mali 3 240Madagascar 4 240Niger 2 170
Country NPB NPB/inhabitant
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Mathematicians in Africa
Egypte 392Afrique du Sud 220Cameroun 44Tunisie 6Burkina Faso 3Côte d'Ivoire 2
Source: World Directory of Mathematicians
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Some centers of research in Africa
• CARIM: Centre Africain de Recherche en Informatique et en Mathématiques = African Research Center in Computer Science and Mathematics (Cameroun)
• IMSP: Institut de Mathématiques et de Sciences Physique (Porto Novo)
• National Center for Mathematical Sciences (Accra, Ghana)
• National Mathematical Center (Abuja, Nigeria)• Senegal• Benin
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Two networks
• CARI (Colloque Africain de Recherche en Informatique = African meeting for research in computer science)
Coordinator: INRIA• GIRAGA (Groupe Africain de Recherche en
Algèbre Géométrie et Applications = African Research Group in Algebra, Geometry and Applications)
Supports: CIMPA, ICTP, UNESCO
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Other networks
• EDP = PDE (Partial Differential Equations) Contrôle-Modélisation (Saint Louis du Sénégal, Ouagadougou, Nouakchott) 1999 - 3 seminars of 2 weeks every year
• RAGAAD Réseau Africain de Géométrie et Algèbre Appliquées au Développement = African Network in Geometry and Algebra applied to the development (Niger, Sénégal, Burkina-Faso, Mali)
• RAMAD Réseau Africain de Mathématiques Appliquées au Développement = African Network in Mathematics Applied to the development (Yaounde + Congo, Centrafrica, Tchad)
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• Bénin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Centrafrique, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinée, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Sénégal, Tchad, Togo.
CAMESComité Africain et Malgache pour l’Enseignement
Supérieur(African and Malgache Committee for
Higher Education)
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Mathematic Research in the french langage part of Africa
Claude Lobry:
Mathematical Research
in Africa
Is it necessary for the
development?
L’Harmattan (ed.), 2003
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SARIMA• Soutien aux Activités de Recherche Informatique et
Mathématique en Afrique = Support to the Activities of Research in Computer Science and Mathematics in Africa
• Improve the potential of research of academic research teams in the the region with priority solidarity (ZSP Zone de Solidarité Prioritaire) in Africa and in the Mediterranean Region in fields of mathematics, science and Information Technology.
• FSP (Fonds de Solidarité Prioritaire) Interministériel - MAE
400 000 € per year for 4 years. Institutions: INRIA, CIMPA Approved in 2002, starts in 2005
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Latine AmericaPays PNB /Habitant
milliard de $ $ US
Mexique 600 6 000Uruguay 15 4 400Chili 66 4 300Venezuela 103 4 100Costa Rica 16 4 100Argentine 154 4 100Brésil 500 2 850Pérou 55 2 050Colombie 80 1 800Guatemala 21 1 750Paraguay 6 1 200Bolivie 8 900
Country NPB NPB/inhabitant
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Mathematicians enLatin America
Brésil 561Mexique 203Chili 109Venezuela 85Argentine 78Uruguay 28Cuba 21
Source: World Directory of Mathematicians
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Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
(Rio, Brésil)
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Mathematics Modelization Center in Santiago du Chili
Franco-Chile laboratory, Centre de modélisation mathématique april 2000
unité mixte de recherche CNRS
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Other research centers in Latine America
• IMCA Instituto de Matemática y Ciencias Afine (Lima, Pérou)
• IVIC Instituto Venezolano de
Investigaciones Cientificas (Caracas, Vénezuela)
• UNAM Universidad National
Autonoma de Mexico (Mexique)
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Main points:
• Fundamental Research is an essential component of Sustainable Development
• Basic science is international, without borders, all countries are entitled to participate.
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Objections
• « We have enough problems to solve in our countries »
• « The situation is hopeless! »
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Conclusions
• There is a place for a strong cooperation based on academic structures. A large number of contacts between french scientists and scientists from developing countries already exist, for instance thanks to the scientists who have studied in France.
• The funds which should be necessary are comparatively not high, but so far they are not sufficient.
• It is part of the mission of scientists, professors and researchers to participate, and this should be considered as part of their job, not only on a voluntary basis.
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Conclusions
• All the efforts which have been devoted in the past by the french scientific and cultural cooperation has given good results.
• The existing potential will soon disapear if the scientific research is not properly organized.
• Basic sciences need to be supported in developing countries.