Laurent Schwartz
French mathematician (1915–2002) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Hermann Schwarz.
Laurent-Moïse Schwartz (French: [ʃvaʁts]; 5 March 1915 – 4 July 2002) was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1950 for his work on the theory of distributions. For several years he taught at the École polytechnique.
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Laurent Schwartz | |
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Born | (1915-03-05)5 March 1915 Paris, France |
Died | 4 July 2002(2002-07-04) (aged 87) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Known for | Theory of Distributions Schwartz kernel theorem Schwartz space Schwartz–Bruhat function Radonifying operator Cylinder set measure |
Awards | Fields Medal (1950) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Strasbourg University of Nancy University of Grenoble École Polytechnique Université de Paris VII |
Doctoral advisor | Georges Valiron |
Doctoral students | Maurice Audin Georges Glaeser Alexander Grothendieck Jacques-Louis Lions Bernard Malgrange André Martineau Bernard Maurey Leopoldo Nachbin Henri Hogbe Nlend Gilles Pisier François Treves |
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