Eugène Fabry
Eugène Fabry (born October 16, 1856 in Marseille , † October 6, 1944 in Mazargues ) was a French mathematician who dealt with analysis .
Life
Fabry studied in Marseille with a bachelor's degree in 1873 and from 1874 to 1876 at the École polytechnique with a degree as an engineer. In 1878 he received his degree in mathematics in Paris and then worked as an engineer. In 1881 he received his licentiate in physics in Marseille and taught mathematics at high schools in Tarbes (from 1882), Carcassonne (1883) and Tours (1883). In August 1885 he received his doctorate in mathematics and was maitre de conférences at the University of Rennes from 1884 and in Nancy from 1886. In the same year he was given a charge de cours at the University of Montpellierand in 1890 he became a professor of mechanics there. From 1916 he was examiner for admission to the Ecole Polytechnique. From 1920 he was Professor of Analysis at the University of Marseille .
Fabry worked on the French edition of the Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences . From 1891 he was a member of the Academie des Sciences of Montpellier. In 1931 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
A generalization of Hadamard's gap theorem that goes back to Fabry is known as Fabry 's gap theorem .
His brother Louis was an astronomer at the Paris observatory, his brother Auguste a high judge and his brother Charles a physicist.
Fonts
- L'art de construire les ballons en papier, C. Mendel, 1884
- Sur les intégrales des equations différentielles linéaires à coefficients rationnels, Gauthier-Villars, 1885
- Traité de mathématiques générales, Paris: A. Hermann, 1911
- Problèmes et exercices de mathématiques générales, A. Hermann, 1913
- Problèmes d'analysis mathématique, A. Hermann, 1913
- Nouveau traité de mathématiques générales, J. Hermann, 1925
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Louis de Broglie: La vie et l'oeuvre de Charles Fabry, Annuaire pour l'an 1948 publié par le Bureau des longitudes, pages B.1-B.23 ; especially page B.5
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter F. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 12, 2019 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fabry, Eugène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1944 |
| Place of death | Mazargues |