Pierre Samuel
French mathematician (1921–2009) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Samuel (12 September 1921[1] – 23 August 2009[2]) was a French mathematician, known for his work in commutative algebra and its applications to algebraic geometry. The two-volume work Commutative Algebra that he wrote with Oscar Zariski is a classic. Other books of his covered projective geometry and algebraic number theory.
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Pierre Samuel | |
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Born | (1921-09-12)12 September 1921 |
Died | 23 August 2009(2009-08-23) (aged 87) Paris |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Known for | Ramanujam–Samuel theorem Hilbert–Samuel function |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Paris |
Doctoral advisor | Oscar Zariski |
Doctoral students | Daniel Lazard Artibano Micali Christian Peskine Lucien Szpiro |
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