List of Famous people with last name Cartan

Élie Cartan

First Name Élie

Last Name Cartan

Born on April 9, 1869

Died on May 6, 1951 (aged 82)

Born in France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Élie Joseph Cartan, ForMemRS was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems, and differential geometry. He also made significant contributions to general relativity and indirectly to quantum mechanics. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century.

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Jean Cartan

First Name Jean

Last Name Cartan

Born on December 1, 1906

Died on March 26, 1932 (aged 25)

Born in France, Grand Est

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Louis Cartan

First Name Louis

Last Name Cartan

Born on December 19, 1909

Died on December 3, 1943 (aged 33)

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Henri Cartan

Henri Paul Cartan

First Name Henri

Last Name Cartan

Born on July 8, 1904

Died on August 13, 2008 (aged 104)

Born in France, Grand Est

Henri Paul Cartan was a French mathematician who made substantial contributions to algebraic topology. He was the son of the French mathematician Élie Cartan and the brother of composer Jean Cartan.

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