Ernest Vessiot
Ernest Paulin Joseph Vessiot (born March 8, 1865 in Marseille , † October 17, 1952 in La Bauche , Savoie , France ) was a French mathematician.
Vessiot was the son of a teacher and school inspector and attended high school in Marseille. He studied at the École normal supérieure (in whose entrance exams he was second to Jacques Hadamard , with whom he studied) and was then from 1887 a teacher in Lyon . In 1892 he received his doctorate and then taught in Lille and from 1910 in Paris , where he became director of the École normal supérieure. In 1935 he retired.
Vessiot worked on differential equations and specifically the application of continuous groups (e.g. linear groups of transformations, topic of his dissertation) to their solution. He also wrote an article on differential equations in the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences . During the First World War he dealt with ballistics.
In 1914 he was president of the Société Mathématique de France . On November 29, 1943 he was accepted into the Académie des Sciences .
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Ernest Vessiot. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of former members since 1666: Letter V. Académie des sciences, accessed on March 11, 2020 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vessiot, Ernest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vessiot, Ernest Paulin Joseph (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th October 1952 |
| Place of death | La Bauche , Savoie , France |