Henri Poincaré

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human mathematician philosopher of science theoretical physicist

Henri Poincaré was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, and philosopher of science renowned for his foundational contributions to topology, dynamical systems, and the theory of relativity.

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Henri Poincaré 1
Jules Henri Poincaré 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
philosopher of science ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Sylvester Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1854-04-29 ⓘ
birthPlace Nancy, France ⓘ
causeOfDeath embolism ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1912-07-17 ⓘ
educatedAt École Polytechnique ⓘ
École des Mines de Paris ⓘ
employer La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: Sorbonne

Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form: University of Paris
familyName Henri Poincaré self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Poincaré
fieldOfWork algebraic topology ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ
differential equations ⓘ
dynamical systems ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
number theory ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
special relativity ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
topology ⓘ
fullName Henri Poincaré self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jules Henri Poincaré
givenName Henri ⓘ
Jules ⓘ
influenced Albert Einstein ⓘ
dynamical systems theory ⓘ
theory of relativity ⓘ
topology ⓘ
memberOf Académie française ⓘ
Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: French Academy of Sciences

Royal Society ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableWork Poincaré conjecture ⓘ
Poincaré duality ⓘ
Poincaré group ⓘ
Poincaré inequality ⓘ
Poincaré lemma ⓘ
Poincaré map ⓘ
Poincaré recurrence theorem ⓘ
Poincaré–Bendixson theorem ⓘ
Poincaré–Birkhoff fixed-point theorem ⓘ
Poincaré–Hopf theorem ⓘ
Poincaré duality ⓘ
surface form: Poincaré–Lefschetz duality

Science and Hypothesis ⓘ
Science and Method ⓘ
The Value of Science ⓘ
foundations of topology ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
positionHeld professor at the University of Paris ⓘ

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Montparnasse Cemetery → burialPlaceOf → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Henri Poincaré → familyName → Henri Poincaré self-linksurface differs ⓘ
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Raymond Poincaré → familyName → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
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Democratic Republican Alliance → foundedBy → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Henri Poincaré → fullName → Henri Poincaré self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jules Henri Poincaré
École Polytechnique → hasAlumnus → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Académie des Sciences → hasNotableMember → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Lalande Prize → hasNotableRecipient → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi → influenced → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Évariste Galois → influenced → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Paul Langevin → influencedBy → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Stephen Smale → influencedBy → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Wilhelm Wirtinger → influencedBy → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
Élie Cartan → influencedBy → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
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Henri → notableBearer → Henri Poincaré ⓘ
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Raymond Poincaré → relative → Henri Poincaré ⓘ