Albert Châtelet (mathematician)
Albert Châtelet (born October 24, 1883 in Valhuon , Pas-de-Calais department , † June 30, 1960 in Paris ) was a French mathematician and politician .
Life
Châtelet studied from 1905 to 1908 at the École normal supérieure mathematics and was a high school teacher in Tours after his teacher exams (Agrégation) . He received his doctorate in 1911 ( Sur certains ensembles de tableaux et leur application à la théorie des nombres ). He was then a lecturer in mathematics at École centrale de Lille ( Institut industriel du Nord ) and at the same time from 1919 Maître de Conférences for mechanics at the University of Lille , from 1920 professor of mathematics and finally for theoretical mechanics (Mécanique Rationnelle). From 1924 to 1937 he was rector of the Académie de Lille. After that he was responsible for the higher education system in the French Ministry of Education until 1940 under Minister Jean Zay .
From 1940 he was also a professor in Paris, from 1945 he went to the Faculté de Science of the University of Paris as a professor of number theory. From 1949 to 1954, he succeeded Jean Cabannes as director of the Faculté de Science in Paris. During his time, the Paris University campus in Jussieu was built to replace the old wine merchants' halls.
From 1955 to 1960 he was President of Union Rationaliste , which had previously included Paul Langevin and Frédéric Joliot-Curie among its presidents. In 1958 he stood against Charles de Gaulle as a presidential candidate of the left, non-communist collective movement Union des forces démocratiques (UFD), which disbanded after the election. He got 8.4 percent of the vote.
As a mathematician, he made the work of the German number theory school (e.g. Helmut Hasse ) known in France. André Néron is one of his doctoral students .
He was editor of volume 5 of the works of Henri Poincaré .
A university center in the 5th arrondissement of Paris and a prize from the CNRS (Albert Châtelet Medal) are named after him. In 1947 he was president of the Société Mathématique de France .
His son François Châtelet was also a mathematician who also dealt with number theory.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Châtelet, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Valhuon |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1960 |
| Place of death | Paris |