Hadamard, Jacques

Hadamard, Jacques
(1865-1963)
   French mathe-matician. Born in Versailles, he studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure and the University of Paris. He taught at the University of Paris, and became a professor at the College de France as well as at the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. He was a brother-in-law of Alfred Dreyfus and helped with his defence. In 1941 he fled to the US and later settled in England. His works include: Lessons on the Calculus of Variations, and Essay on the Psychology of Invention in the Mathematical Field.

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  • HADAMARD, JACQUES SALOMON — (1865–1963), French mathematician. Born in Versailles, Hadamard held chairs of mathematics at the Collège de France from 1897 and the Ecole Polytechnique from 1912 until his retirement in 1935. He was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Hadamard, Jacques-Salomon — ▪ French mathematician born December 8, 1865, Versailles, France died October 17, 1963, Paris  French mathematician who proved the prime number theorem, which states that as n approaches infinity, π(n) approaches n/ln n, where π(n) is the number… …   Universalium

  • Hadamard , Jacques Salomon — (1865–1963) French mathematician The son of a Latin teacher, Hadamard was born at Versailles in France and educated at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. He taught first at the University of Bordeaux from 1893 until 1897, before returning to… …   Scientists

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  • Jacques Hadamard — Jacques Salomon Hadamard Jacques Hadamard (Jacques Salomon Hadamard; * 8. Dezember 1865 in Versailles; † 17. Oktober 1963 in Paris) war ein französischer Mathematiker. Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jacques Salomon Hadamard — (* 8. Dezember 1865 in Versailles; † 17. Oktober 1963 in Paris) war ein französischer Mathematiker. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jacques Hadamard — Jacques Salomon Hadamard Naissance 8 décembre 1865 Versailles (France) Décès 17 octobre 1963 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Hadamard — Jacques Salomon Hadamard Jacques Salomon Hadamard (* 8. Dezember 1865 in Versailles; † 17. Oktober 1963 in Paris) war ein französischer Mathematiker. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jacques Hadamard — Jacques Hadamard. Jacques Salomon Hadamard (Versalles, Francia, 8 de diciembre de 1865 París, 17 de octubre de 1963) fue un matemático francés, que trabajó en las universidades de Burdeos y en la Sorbona de París. Trató diversos tema …   Wikipedia Español

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