Huguette Delavault (15 January 1924 – 2 April 2003) was a French mathematician, specializing in mathematical physics.
[1][2][3] After interrupting her studies for health reasons,[3] in 1952 she passed her agrégation in mathematics.
[1][2][3] She became a researcher at CNRS from 1952 to 1958, while earning a doctorate in mathematics in 1957 from the University of Paris under the supervision of Henri Villat; her dissertation applied the Laplace transform and Hankel transform to the heat equation and Maxwell's equations, using cylindrical coordinates.
[3] From 1976 onward Delavault was a prominent activist for feminist causes, including popularizing science and mathematics among women and providing equal opportunities for them both in the academy and in the public sector.
[1][2] She served as deputy director of the École normale supérieure de Fontenay-aux-Roses from 1976 to 1980, and was twice president of l'Association française des femmes diplômées des universités (the French association for university women).