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Also Known As Jean-Alexandre-Eugène
Born July 1, 1906 • Lille • France
Died November 29, 1992 (aged 86) • Paris • France
Founder Nicolas Bourbaki
Subjects Of Study Lie group • functional analysis • modern algebra • topology
Henri Poincaré, 1909.
Henri Poincaré
French mathematician
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard.
Jacques-Salomon Hadamard
French mathematician
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André Weil
French mathematician
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Alexandre Grothendieck
German-French mathematician
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Laurent Schwartz
French mathematician
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René Frédéric Thom
French mathematician
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Élie-Joseph Cartan
French mathematician
Alain Connes
Alain Connes
French mathematician
Jacques Tits
Jacques Tits
Belgian mathematician
Charles, Jacques-Alexandre-César
Jacques Charles
French physicist
David Hilbert
David Hilbert
German mathematician
Emmy Noether
Emmy Noether
German mathematician
Sophus Lie, detail of an engraving c. 1885.
Sophus Lie
Norwegian mathematician
Aleksandrov, Pavel Sergeevich
Pavel Sergeevich Aleksandrov
Soviet mathematician
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Oswald Veblen
American mathematician
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Stephen Smale
American mathematician
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Dutch mathematician
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Stefan Banach
Polish mathematician
August Ferdinand Möbius, detail from an engraving by an unknown artist.
August Ferdinand Möbius
German mathematician and astronomer
Sierpiński gasketPolish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński described the fractal that bears his name in 1915, although the design as an art motif dates at least to 13th-century Italy. Begin with a solid equilateral triangle, and remove the triangle formed by connecting the midpoints of each side. The midpoints of the sides of the resulting three internal triangles are connected to form three new triangles that are then removed to form nine smaller internal triangles. The process of cutting away triangular pieces continues indefinitely, producing a region with a Hausdorf dimension of a bit more than 1.5 (indicating that it is more than a one-dimensional figure but less than a two-dimensional figure).
Wacław Sierpiński
Polish mathematician

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