Jean Renault

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Jean Renault is a scholar working on Mathematical Physics, Algebra and Number Theory and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jean Renault has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mathematical Physics, 13 papers in Algebra and Number Theory and 3 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Jean Renault's work include Advanced Operator Algebra Research (15 papers), Advanced Topics in Algebra (13 papers) and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (6 papers). Jean Renault is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Operator Algebra Research (15 papers), Advanced Topics in Algebra (13 papers) and Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology (6 papers). Jean Renault collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Australia. Jean Renault's co-authors include Alex Kumjian, David Pask, Iain Raeburn, Paul S. Muhly, Dana P. Williams, Alexander Kumjian, Aidan Sims and Trent Yeend and has published in prestigious journals such as Lecture notes in mathematics, Transactions of the American Mathematical Society and Journal of Functional Analysis.

In The Last Decade

Jean Renault

16 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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What are hit papers?

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.

A Groupoid Approach to C*-Algebras

1980 638 citations Jean Renault Lecture notes in mathematics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jean Renault France	10	1.1k	922	353	163	133	16	1.2k
Ruy Exel Brazil	18	945 0.8×	748 0.8×	409 1.2×	92 0.6×	154 1.2×	53	1.0k
N. Christopher Phillips United States	18	965 0.9×	823 0.9×	323 0.9×	156 1.0×	158 1.2×	64	1.0k
Eberhard Kirchberg Germany	17	1.1k 1.0×	898 1.0×	275 0.8×	174 1.1×	183 1.4×	30	1.1k
David Pask Australia	14	960 0.9×	840 0.9×	284 0.8×	265 1.6×	46 0.3×	44	984
Huaxin Lin China	22	1.7k 1.5×	1.5k 1.7×	459 1.3×	236 1.4×	210 1.6×	118	1.7k
Claude Schochet United States	13	745 0.7×	520 0.6×	386 1.1×	75 0.5×	146 1.1×	45	846
Paul S. Muhly United States	24	1.5k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	372 1.1×	117 0.7×	750 5.6×	113	1.6k
Georges Skandalis France	19	1.2k 1.1×	860 0.9×	636 1.8×	108 0.7×	180 1.4×	38	1.3k
Narutaka Ozawa Japan	19	962 0.9×	618 0.7×	423 1.2×	67 0.4×	234 1.8×	54	1.1k
Gennadi Kasparov United States	13	1.4k 1.2×	895 1.0×	560 1.6×	127 0.8×	312 2.3×	18	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jean Renault

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16 of 16 papers shown

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Kumjian, Alex, et al.. (2021). C<sup>⁎</sup>-algebras of extensions of groupoids by group bundles. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 2 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean, Aidan Sims, Dana P. Williams, & Trent Yeend. (2017). Uniqueness theorems for topological higher-rank graph 𝐶*-algebras. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 146(2). 669–684. 3 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean & Dana P. Williams. (2015). Amenability of groupoids arising from partial semigroup actions and topological higher rank graphs. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 369(4). 2255–2283. 6 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean. (2014). Induced Representations and Hypergroupoids. Symmetry Integrability and Geometry Methods and Applications. 2 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean, et al.. (2013). Hypergroupoids and C*-algebras. Comptes Rendus Mathématique. 351(23-24). 911–914. 2 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean. (2008). Cartan Subalgebras in $C^*$-Algebras. Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin. 61. 29–63. 126 indexed citations

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Kumjian, Alex & Jean Renault. (2006). KMS states on C*-algebras associated to expansive maps. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. 134(7). 2067–2078. 21 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean. (2005). The Radon–Nikodym problem for approximately proper equivalence relations. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 25(5). 1643–1672. 9 indexed citations

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Kumjian, Alexander, Paul S. Muhly, Jean Renault, & Dana P. Williams. (1998). The Brauer group of a locally compact groupoid. American Journal of Mathematics. 120(5). 901–954. 26 indexed citations

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Kumjian, Alex, David Pask, Iain Raeburn, & Jean Renault. (1997). Graphs, Groupoids, and Cuntz–Krieger Algebras. Journal of Functional Analysis. 144(2). 505–541. 213 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean. (1997). The Fourier Algebra of a Measured Groupoid and Its Multipliers. Journal of Functional Analysis. 145(2). 455–490. 18 indexed citations

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Muhly, Paul S., Jean Renault, & Dana P. Williams. (1996). Continuous-trace groupoid 𝐶*-algebras. III. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 348(9). 3621–3641. 23 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean, et al.. (1987). Ideal structure of groupoid crossed product C* algebras. Project Euclid (Cornell University). 267–268. 23 indexed citations

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Muhly, Paul S. & Jean Renault. (1982). $C\sp{\ast} $-algebras of multivariable Wiener-Hopf operators. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 274(1). 1–1. 39 indexed citations

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Muhly, Paul S. & Jean Renault. (1982). C ∗ -Algebras of Multivariable Wiener-Hopf Operators. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society. 274(1). 1–1. 27 indexed citations

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Renault, Jean. (1980). A Groupoid Approach to C*-Algebras. Lecture notes in mathematics. 638 indexed citations breakdown →

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