Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (; 29 December 1923 – 11 February 2025) was a French mathematician and physicist. Her key contribution to the study of general relativity consists of the proof that the Einstein field equations can be expressed as a well-posed initial-value problem. In 2015, her breakthrough paper was listed by the journal ''Classical and Quantum Gravity'' as one of thirteen "milestone" results in general relativity, published in the centennial anniversary of its birth.

Choquet-Bruhat was the first woman to be elected to the French Academy of Sciences and was a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. Provided by Wikipedia