Henri Cartan
French mathematician (1904–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henri Paul Cartan (French: [kaʁtɑ̃]; 8 July 1904 – 13 August 2008) was a French mathematician who made substantial contributions to algebraic topology.[1][2][3]
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Born | Henri Paul Cartan (1904-07-08)8 July 1904 Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France |
Died | 13 August 2008(2008-08-13) (aged 104) Paris, France |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Known for | Cartan's theorems A and B Cartan's lemma Cartan–Eilenberg resolution Projective module Steenrod algebra Weak dimension |
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Relatives | Anna Cartan (aunt), Pierre Weiss (father-in-law) |
Awards | Peccot Lectures (1932) Émile Picard Medal (1959) |
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Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Paris |
Thesis | Sur les systèmes de fonctions holomorphes a variétés linéaires lacunaires et leurs applications (1928) |
Doctoral advisor | Paul Montel |
Doctoral students | Jean-Paul Benzécri Pierre Cartier Jean Cerf Jacques Deny Adrien Douady Pierre Dolbeault Roger Godement Max Karoubi Jean-Louis Koszul Jean-Pierre Ramis Jean-Pierre Serre René Thom |
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He was the son of the mathematician Élie Cartan, nephew of mathematician Anna Cartan, oldest brother of composer Jean Cartan [fr; de], physicist Louis Cartan [fr] and mathematician Hélène Cartan [fr], and the son-in-law of physicist Pierre Weiss.