Laurent Schwartz

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Laurent Schwartz was a French mathematician renowned for developing the theory of distributions, which revolutionized functional analysis and partial differential equations.

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Laurent Schwartz canonical 12

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instanceOf French mathematician
human
mathematician
awardReceived CNRS Gold Medal
Fields Medal
Poncelet Prize
surface form: Prix Poncelet

Mathematics Prize of the French Academy of Sciences
surface form: Prix de l’Académie des Sciences
birthCountry France
birthDate 1915-03-05
birthPlace Paris
citizenship France
countryOfDeath France
deathDate 2002-07-04
doctoralAdvisor Georges Valiron
doctoralStudent Alexander Grothendieck
Bernard Malgrange
François Bruhat
Jacques-Louis Lions
educatedAt University of Strasbourg
École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École Normale Supérieure
employer Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
University of Nancy
École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École Normale Supérieure

École Polytechnique
familyName Schwartz
fieldOfWork functional analysis
mathematics
partial differential equations
givenName Laurent
knownFor applications of distributions to partial differential equations
distribution theory in functional analysis
theory of distributions
languageOfWorkOrName French
memberOf Académie des Sciences
Bourbaki school of mathematics
surface form: Bourbaki group

Académie des Sciences
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
movement Nicolas Bourbaki
surface form: Bourbaki
name Laurent Schwartz self-link
nationality France
notableIdea generalized functions
tempered distributions
notableWork Generalized Functions (multi-volume series)
surface form: Théorie des distributions
placeOfDeath Paris
politicalActivity anti-colonialism
human rights activism
support for Algerian independence
positionHeld professor of mathematics
relative Paul Lévy
spouse Marie-Hélène Lévy

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Referenced by (12)

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École Polytechnique hasAlumnus Laurent Schwartz
Alexander Grothendieck doctoralAdvisor Laurent Schwartz
Laurent Schwartz name Laurent Schwartz self-link
Bourbaki school of mathematics hasMember Laurent Schwartz
Arnaud Denjoy notableStudent Laurent Schwartz
Nicolas Bourbaki hasMember Laurent Schwartz
ENS Paris hasAlumni Laurent Schwartz
Marie-Hélène Lévy spouse Laurent Schwartz
Marie-Hélène Lévy notableFamilyMember Laurent Schwartz
University of Nancy educated Laurent Schwartz