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'''Gustave Choquet''' (1 March 1915 – 14 November 2006) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]]. |
'''Gustave Choquet''' (1 March 1915 – 14 November 2006) was a [[France|French]] [[mathematician]]. |
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Choquet was born in [[Solesmes, Nord]]. His contributions include work in [[functional analysis]] and [[ |
Choquet was born in [[Solesmes, Nord]]. His contributions include work in [[functional analysis]], [[potential theory]], [[topology]] and [[measure theory]]. He is known for creating the [[Choquet theory]] and the [[Choquet integral]]. |
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He did postgraduate work at the [[École Normale Supérieure]] Paris where his advisor was [[Arnaud Denjoy]]. He was Professor at the [[University of Paris]] (subsequently [[Pierre and Marie Curie University|Paris VI]]) from 1940 to 1984 and was also Professor at the [[École Polytechnique]] from 1960 to 1969. His honours and awards included being a Member of the [[Académie des Sciences]], and an Officier of the [[Légion d’Honneur]]. |
He did postgraduate work at the [[École Normale Supérieure]] Paris where his advisor was [[Arnaud Denjoy]]. He was Professor at the [[University of Paris]] (subsequently [[Pierre and Marie Curie University|Paris VI]]) from 1940 to 1984 and was also Professor at the [[École Polytechnique]] from 1960 to 1969. His honours and awards included being a Member of the [[Académie des Sciences]], and an Officier of the [[Légion d’Honneur]]. |
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Gustave Choquet | |
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| Born | 1 March 1915 |
| Died | 14 November 2006 (aged 91) |
| Nationality |  France |
| Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
| Known for | Choquet theory Choquet integral |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Doctoral advisor | Arnaud Denjoy |
| Doctoral students | Haïm Brezis Gilles Godefroy Nassif Ghoussoub Michel L. Lapidus Michel Talagrand |
Gustave Choquet (1 March 1915 – 14 November 2006) was a French mathematician.
Choquet was born in Solesmes, Nord. His contributions include work in functional analysis, potential theory, topology and measure theory. He is known for creating the Choquet theory and the Choquet integral.
He did postgraduate work at the École Normale Supérieure Paris where his advisor was Arnaud Denjoy. He was Professor at the University of Paris (subsequently Paris VI) from 1940 to 1984 and was also Professor at the École Polytechnique from 1960 to 1969. His honours and awards included being a Member of the Académie des Sciences, and an Officier of the Légion d’Honneur.
His students include Haïm Brezis, Gilles Godefroy, Nassif Ghoussoub, Michel L. Lapidus, and Michel Talagrand.
He was married to mathematician and mathematical physicist Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat. He died in Lyon in 2006.
See also
External links
- A biography (in French) by the Académie des Sciences.
- A short biography (in French).
- A brief obituary from the January 2007 Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society.
- A commemorative section (396kb PDF) of the N° 111 Gazette des Mathématiciens (2007) of the Société Mathématique de France.
- Gustave Choquet at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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