François Digne

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 718 citations indexed

About

François Digne is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Geometry and Topology and Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. According to data from OpenAlex, François Digne has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 718 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Mathematical Physics, 21 papers in Geometry and Topology and 12 papers in Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics. Recurrent topics in François Digne's work include Advanced Algebra and Geometry (23 papers), Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (11 papers) and Finite Group Theory Research (10 papers). François Digne is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Algebra and Geometry (23 papers), Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (11 papers) and Finite Group Theory Research (10 papers). François Digne collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and Sweden. François Digne's co-authors include Jean Michel, David Bessis, G Lehrer, Patrick Dehornoy, Eddy Godelle, Daan Krammer, Raphaël Rouquier and Iván Marín and has published in prestigious journals such as Advances in Mathematics, Pacific Journal of Mathematics and Journal of Algebra.

In The Last Decade

François Digne

28 papers receiving 685 citations

Hit Papers

Representations of Finite Groups of Lie Type 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 50 100 150 200 250
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Representations of Finite Groups of Lie Type
    1991 275 citations François Digne, Jean Michel Cambridge University Press eBooks profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Digne France 13 574 549 425 130 91 28 718
Götz Pfeiffer Ireland 10 474 0.8× 554 1.0× 558 1.3× 105 0.8× 142 1.6× 31 722
Robert B. Howlett Australia 14 318 0.6× 423 0.8× 456 1.1× 95 0.7× 120 1.3× 35 588
Gerhard Hiß Germany 16 562 1.0× 516 0.9× 816 1.9× 341 2.6× 146 1.6× 73 935
Michel Broué France 17 483 0.8× 616 1.1× 693 1.6× 237 1.8× 278 3.1× 29 971
Markus Stroppel Germany 11 244 0.4× 391 0.7× 322 0.8× 109 0.8× 218 2.4× 78 639
Jacques Thévenaz Switzerland 16 506 0.9× 717 1.3× 504 1.2× 140 1.1× 419 4.6× 50 920
C. W. Curtis United States 9 460 0.8× 410 0.7× 439 1.0× 153 1.2× 201 2.2× 12 689
Peter H. Kropholler United Kingdom 16 534 0.9× 692 1.3× 259 0.6× 51 0.4× 282 3.1× 52 816
Bhama Srinivasan United States 14 508 0.9× 404 0.7× 609 1.4× 252 1.9× 147 1.6× 29 739
Markus Linckelmann United Kingdom 17 325 0.6× 503 0.9× 402 0.9× 158 1.2× 274 3.0× 71 650

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Digne

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (2020). Representations of Finite Groups of Lie Type. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 50 indexed citations
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (2018). Quasi-semisimple elements. Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. 116(5). 1301–1328. 5 indexed citations
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Dehornoy, Patrick, François Digne, Eddy Godelle, Daan Krammer, & Jean Michel. (2015). Foundations of Garside theory (EMS Tracts in Mathematics 22). Warwick Research Archive Portal (University of Warwick). 3 indexed citations
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (2015). Complements on disconnected reductive groups. Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 279(1-2). 203–228. 5 indexed citations
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Dehornoy, Patrick, François Digne, Eddy Godelle, Daan Krammer, & Jean Michel. (2015). Foundations of Garside Theory. arXiv (Cornell University). 36 indexed citations
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (2014). Parabolic Deligne–Lusztig varieties. Advances in Mathematics. 257. 136–218. 10 indexed citations
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Digne, François. (2012). A Garside presentation for Artin-Tits groups of type C ˜ n . Annales de l’institut Fourier. 62(2). 641–666. 12 indexed citations
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Digne, François, Iván Marín, & Jean Michel. (2011). The center of pure complex braid groups. Journal of Algebra. 347(1). 206–213. 10 indexed citations
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Digne, François. (2006). Présentations duales des groupes de tresses de type affine $Ã$. Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 81(1). 23–47. 19 indexed citations
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Digne, François, Jean Michel, & Raphaël Rouquier. (2006). Cohomologie des variétés de Deligne–Lusztig. Advances in Mathematics. 209(2). 749–822. 19 indexed citations
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (2006). Endomorphisms of Deligne-Lusztig Varieties. Nagoya Mathematical Journal. 183. 35–103. 14 indexed citations
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Digne, François, G Lehrer, & Jean Michel. (2003). The space of unipotently supported class functions on a finite reductive group. Journal of Algebra. 260(1). 111–137. 3 indexed citations
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Digne, François. (2003). On the linearity of Artin braid groups. Journal of Algebra. 268(1). 39–57. 29 indexed citations
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (2002). Points fixes des automorphismes quasi-semi-simples. Comptes Rendus Mathématique. 334(12). 1055–1060. 5 indexed citations
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Bessis, David, François Digne, & Jean Michel. (2002). Springer theory in braid groups and the Birman–Ko–Lee monoid. Pacific Journal of Mathematics. 205(2). 287–309. 49 indexed citations
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Digne, François, et al.. (2001). Presentation of pure braid groups. Journal of Knot Theory and Its Ramifications. 10(4). 609–623. 5 indexed citations
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Digne, François. (1999). Descente de Shintani et Restriction des Scalaires. Journal of the London Mathematical Society. 59(3). 867–880. 12 indexed citations
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (1987). Foncteurs de Lusztig et caractères des groupes linéaires et unitaires sur un corps fini. Journal of Algebra. 107(1). 217–255. 16 indexed citations
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (1985). Fonctions $L$ des variétés de Deligne-Lusztig et descente de Shintani. Mémoires de la Société mathématique de France. 1. 1–144. 31 indexed citations
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Digne, François & Jean Michel. (1982). Remarques sur la dualité de Curtis. Journal of Algebra. 79(1). 151–160. 3 indexed citations

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