Marcel Berger
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For the French writer, see Marcel Berger (writer).
Marcel Berger (14 April 1927 – 15 October 2016) was a French mathematician, doyen of French differential geometry, and a former director of the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS), France.
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Marcel Berger | |
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Born | Marcel Yves Marie Joseph Berger (1927-04-14)14 April 1927 Paris, France |
Died | 15 October 2016(2016-10-15) (aged 89) Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École normale supérieure (Paris) University of Paris |
Known for | |
Awards | Leconte Prize (1978) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Strasbourg Université Nice-Sophia-Antipolis Paris Diderot University Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques |
Thesis | Sur des groupes d'holonomies des variétés riemanniennes et des variétés affinés sans torsion (1954) |
Doctoral advisor | André Lichnerowicz |
Doctoral students | |
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