Guy Hirsch

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Guy Hirsch (* 1915 in London , † 1993 in Brussels ) was a Belgian mathematician who studied topology and the philosophy of science.

Hirsch received his doctorate in 1948 under Alfred Errera at the Free University of Brussels ( Contribution à l'étude de la topologie des espaces fibers ). He taught at the Rijkslandbouwhogeschool in Ghent from 1949 to 1962 and from 1957 at the Free University of Brussels .

Hirsch became secretary of the Belgian Mathematical Society and editor of its bulletin in 1947 . From 1953 he ran the company from his apartment until his death in 1993.

He is known for the theorem of Hirsch and Jean Leray , which makes statements about the cohomology of fiber bundles in analogy to the theorem of Künneth .

Fonts

  • Selected Works, Suppl. To Bulletin Belgian Mathematical Society 1995

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data after entry in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
  2. ^ Mathematics Genealogy Project
  3. ^ History of the Belgian Mathematical Society
personal data
SURNAME Hirsch, guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 1993
Place of death Brussels