Later, in 1958, Louis Michel founded in Essonne the Centre de physique théorique (Center for Theoretical Physics) and invited Laurent Schwartz to initiate a similar project for mathematics.
In 1965, General Ernest Mahieux (1910–1967), the school's commander, gave Schwartz approval for both the budget and the location.
[2] The Mathematics Center was officially established on May 1, 1965, with a Scientific Council composed of Laurent Schwartz, Pierre Samuel, François Bruhat and Jean-Pierre Kahane, and actually began its activity in 1966.
The Center has always remained very close to the Centre de physique théorique, sharing with it secretariat, library and materials.
The unit is composed of three research teams: algebra and arithmetic; analysis and partial differential equations; and geometry and dynamics.