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French mathematician (1884–1955) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georges Jean Marie Valiron (7 September 1884 – 17 March 1955) was a French mathematician, notable for his contributions to analysis, in particular, the asymptotic behaviour of entire functions of finite order and Tauberian theorems.[1]
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Georges Valiron | |
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Born | Georges Jean Marie Valiron 7 September 1884 |
Died | 17 March 1955 70) | (aged
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Known for | Valiron's Theorem |
Awards | Prix Poncelet (1948) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Paris University of Strasbourg |
Doctoral advisor | Émile Borel |
Doctoral students | Charles Blanc Paul Germain Jean Kuntzmann Laurent Schwartz |
Valiron obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Paris in 1914, under supervision of Émile Borel. Since 1922 he held a professorship at the University of Strasbourg, and since 1931 a chair at the University of Paris. He gave a plenary speech at the 1932 International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich and was an invited speaker of the ICM in 1920 in Strasbourg[2] and in 1928 in Bologna. His treatise on mathematical analysis in two volumes (Théorie des fonctions and Équations fonctionnelles) is a classic and has been translated into numerous languages under diverse titles and has gone through many new editions, both French and non-French.
He was awarded the title Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1954. One of Valiron's doctoral students, Laurent Schwartz, went on to receive a Fields Medal in 1950.