Jean Leray
French mathematician (1906–1998) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jean Leray (French: [ləʁɛ]; 7 November 1906 – 10 November 1998)[1] was a French mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology.
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Jean Leray | |
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Born | (1906-11-07)7 November 1906 Chantenay-sur-Loire (today part of Nantes) |
Died | 10 November 1998(1998-11-10) (aged 92) |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Known for | Partial differential equations Algebraic topology Global hyperbolicity Sheaf theory Sheaf cohomology Leray cover Leray projection Leray's theorem Leray spectral sequence Leray–Hirsch theorem Leray–Schauder degree |
Awards | Prix Francoeur (1937) Malaxa Prize (1938) Feltrinelli Prize (1971) John von Neumann Prize(1962) Wolf Prize (1979) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1988) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Nancy University of Paris Collège de France |
Doctoral advisor | Henri Villat |
Doctoral students | Armand Borel István Fáry |
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