Henri Poincaré
Henri Poincaré
Henri Poincaré (photograph published in 1913)
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a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science. He is often described as a polymath, and in mathematics as "The Last Universalist"
Born
29 April 1854 Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
Died
17 July 1912 (aged 58) Paris, France
Nationality
French
Known for
Poincaré conjecture Poincaré–Bendixson theorem Poincaré–Lindstedt method Poincaré recurrence theorem Poincaré–Bjerknes circulation theorem Poincaré group Poincaré gauge Poincaré–Hopf theorem Poincaré duality
Fields
Mathematics and physics
Awards
RAS Gold Medal (1900) Sylvester Medal (1901) Matteucci Medal (1905) Bolyai Prize (1905) Bruce Medal (1911)
Institutions
Corps des Mines Caen University La Sorbonne Bureau des Longitudes
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France
Doctoral advisor
Charles Hermite
Doctoral students
Louis Bachelier Jean Bosler Dimitrie Pompeiu Mihailo Petrović
Education
Lycée Nancy (now Lycée Henri-Poincaré ) École Polytechnique École des Mines University of Paris ( Dr, 1879)
era
1800+
Influenced
Louis Rougier George David Birkhoff Albert Einstein
Influences
Lazarus Fuchs Immanuel Kant Ernst Mach
Other names
Jules Henri Poincaré
Other notable students
Tobias Dantzig Théophile de Donder
Thesis
Sur les propriétés des fonctions définies par les équations différences (1879)