Marie Georges Humbert

Marie Georges Humbert (7 January 1859 Paris, France – 22 January 1921 Paris, France) was a French mathematician who worked on Kummer surfaces and the Appell–Humbert theorem and introduced Humbert surfaces. His son was the mathematician Pierre Humbert. He won the Poncelet Prize of the Académie des Sciences in 1891.

Marie Georges Humbert
Born(1859-01-07)7 January 1859
Paris, France
Died22 January 1921(1921-01-22) (aged 62)
Paris, France
ChildrenPierre Humbert
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

He studied at the École Polytechnique. He was the brother-in-law of Charles Mangin.

Works

gollark: Right. Call the President of Science. We need to warn them!
gollark: <@261243340752814085> PotatOS.
gollark: * GNU/Heretic, or GNU *plus* Heretic.
gollark: <@319753218592866315> = heretic.
gollark: Besides, it's actually quite good.

References

  1. Birkhoff, G. D. (1934). "Review: Oeuvres de Georges Humbert". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 40 (7): 518. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1934-05879-8.
  2. Hedrick, E. R. (1905). "Review: Cours d'Analyse, by G. Humbert". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (6): 319–329. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1905-01214-3.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.