Laurent Schwartz

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French mathematician human mathematician

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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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 ⓘ
Produits tensoriels topologiques et espaces nucléaires → academicAdvisor → Laurent Schwartz ⓘ
Produits tensoriels topologiques et espaces nucléaires → relatedMathematician → 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 ⓘ