Maurice René Fréchet
a French mathematician who made major contributions to the topology of point sets and introduced the entire concept of metric spaces
Born
2 September 1878 Maligny, France
Died
4 June 1973 (aged 94) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Metric spaces, functional analysis
Fields
Mathematics
Alma mater
École Normale Supérieure
Institutions
University of Bordeaux University of Strasbourg École des Hautes-Études École Normale Supérieure
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France
Doctoral advisor
Jacques Hadamard
Doctoral students
Nachman Aronszajn Robert Fortet Đuro Kurepa Ky Fan Antonio Monteiro
era
1800+