René Garnier
René Garnier (born January 16, 1887 in Chalon-sur-Saône , † October 8, 1984 in Paris ) was a French mathematician.
Life
Garnier studied from 1903 at the Sorbonne with Édouard Goursat and Paul Appell with a degree in mathematics in 1905 and the Agrégation in 1906. From 1907 he was Chargé de conférences at the Sorbonne and from 1909 to 1910 at the École des Mines . After receiving his doctorate in 1911, he taught in Poitiers from 1913 , where he became a professor in 1920. In 1928 he was Chargé du Cours at the Sorbonne and the École normal supérieure , in 1931 Maitre de conférences and in 1932 a professor (initially without a chair). In 1936 he received the chair for general mathematics, in 1941 for applications of analysis in geometry and in 1946 for higher geometry. In 1958 he retired . In addition to his chair at the Sorbonne, from 1938 he was Maitre de conférences at the École normal supérieure de jeunes filles and from 1943 Maître de conférences for geometry at the École polytechnique .
In 1942 he received the Poncelet Prize . In 1952 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences and in 1972 the Accademia dei Lincei . In 1936 he was president of the Société Mathématique de France .
Garnier researched systems of differential equations and the plateau problem .
He was one of the editors of the works of Henri Poincaré and Camille Jordan .
literature
- Paul Malliavin : La vie et l'oeuvre de René Garnier, La Vie des Sciences, Comptes rendus, série générale, Volume 6 (1989), No. 6, pp. 569-572; Digitized
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| SURNAME | Garnier, René |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chalon-sur-Saône |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1984 |
| Place of death | Paris |