René Thom

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French mathematician human mathematician

René Thom was a French mathematician renowned for developing catastrophe theory and making fundamental contributions to topology, for which he received the Fields Medal.

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instanceOf French mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived Fields Medal ⓘ
Grand Prix Scientifique de la Ville de Paris ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1923-09-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-10-25 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Henri Cartan ⓘ
educatedAt University of Strasbourg ⓘ
École Normale (Paris) ⓘ
surface form: École Normale Supérieure
employer Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques ⓘ
University of Grenoble ⓘ
University of Strasbourg ⓘ
familyName Thom ⓘ
fieldOfWork catastrophe theory ⓘ
differential topology ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
singularity theory ⓘ
topology ⓘ
givenName René ⓘ
hasWork Singular Points of Complex Hypersurfaces ⓘ
surface form: Les singularités des applications différentiables

Quelques propriétés globales des variétés différentiables ⓘ
Structural Stability and Morphogenesis ⓘ
surface form: Stabilité structurelle et morphogenèse

Structural Stability and Morphogenesis ⓘ
influenced Christopher Zeeman ⓘ
Jean-Michel Ghidaglia ⓘ
Vladimir Arnold ⓘ
knownFor Thom cobordism theory ⓘ
Thom space construction ⓘ
Thom transversality theorem ⓘ
catastrophe theory ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
memberOf Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: French Academy of Sciences

Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques ⓘ
name René Thom self-link ⓘ
nationality French ⓘ
notableFor development of catastrophe theory ⓘ
fundamental contributions to topology ⓘ
notableIdea catastrophe theory ⓘ
cobordism theory ⓘ
topological methods in differential equations ⓘ
occupation university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Montbéliard, France ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bures-sur-Yvette ⓘ
surface form: Bures-sur-Yvette, France
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Christopher Zeeman → influencedBy → René Thom ⓘ
Thom–Mather stratification → namedAfter → René Thom ⓘ
University of Nancy → educated → René Thom ⓘ