
Élie Cartan
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 73 years ago |
Date of birth | April 9,1869 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | Dolomieu |
France | |
Date of died | May 6,1951 |
Died | France |
Children | Henri Cartan |
Jean Cartan | |
Louis Cartan | |
Hélène Cartan | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Physics | |
Job | Mathematician |
Education | Janson de Sailly School |
University of Paris | |
École normale supérieure | |
Current partner | Marie-Louise Cartan |
Doctor student | Charles Ehresmann |
Parents | Anne Florentine Cottaz |
Joseph Antoine Cartan | |
Books | The Theory of Spinors |
Doctor advisor | Gaston Darboux |
Sophus Lie | |
Spouse | Marie-Louise Cartan |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1510209 |
Élie Cartan Life story
Élie Joseph Cartan ForMemRS was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems, and differential geometry. He also made significant contributions to general relativity and indirectly to quantum mechanics.