Thursday, April 15, 2010

Jean Dieudonné

Jean Dieudonné, 1906-1992, was a French mathematician.


photography found in the website matematica.uni-bocconi.it


Basic mathematicians know probably him as the author of Foundations of Modern Analysis, a book he wrote first in english then published in French. This book was a "must" during the sixties for any person interested in mathematical analysis. Initially, the author certainly did not view the book as the first of a series but he wrote high level continuations which constituted finally a 9 volumes treatise.

For high level mathematicians, Jean Dieudonné appears rather mainly as a researcher, co-founder and, during all his life, active member of the Bourbaki group.

Detailed biographies at www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk and Wikipedia

P. M.

(alphacode : dieudonne ; numcode 131)


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