The thesis was not available to critics to examine until after the defense, but the Association française pour l'information scientifique (AFIS) organised for a group to critically analyse the thesis; the analysis was published on 6 August 2001.
The thesis was not available to critics to examine until after the defense, so the immediate reactions could not point to specific examples in the text. Once the thesis was available, a group organised by the Association française pour l'information scientifique (AFIS) critically analysed the thesis; the analysis was published on 6 August 2001.