Émile Picard
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Born | Paris, France |
24 July 1856
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Paris |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure |
Doctoral advisor | Gaston Darboux |
Doctoral students | Sergei Bernstein Lucien Blondel Gheorghe Calugareanu Paul Dubreil Jacques Hadamard Gaston Julia Traian Lalescu Philippe Le Corbeiller Paul Painlevé Mihailo Petrović Simion Stoilow Ernest Vessiot Henri Villat André Weil Stanisław Zaremba |
Known for | Picard functor Picard group Picard theorem Picard variety Picard–Lefschetz formula Picard–Lindelöf theorem Painlevé transcendents |
Notable awards | Fellow of the Royal Society[1] |
Charles Émile Picard ForMemRS[1] (French: [ʃaʁl emil pikaʁ]; 24 July 1856 – 11 December 1941) was a French mathematician. He was elected the fifteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française in 1924.[2] [3]
Biography
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.Picard's mathematical papers, textbooks, and many popular writings exhibit an extraordinary range of interests, as well as an impressive mastery of the mathematics of his time. Modern students of complex variables are probably familiar with two of his named theorems. His lesser theorem states that every nonconstant entire function takes every value in the complex plane, with perhaps one exception. His greater theorem states that an analytic function with an essential singularity takes every value infinitely often, with perhaps one exception, in any neighborhood of the singularity. He made important contributions in the theory of differential equations, including work on Picard–Vessiot theory, Painlevé transcendents and his introduction of a kind of symmetry group for a linear differential equation. He also introduced the Picard group in the theory of algebraic surfaces, which describes the classes of algebraic curves on the surface modulo linear equivalence. In connection with his work on function theory, he was one of the first mathematicians to use the emerging ideas of algebraic topology. In addition to his theoretical work, Picard made contributions to applied mathematics, including the theories of telegraphy and elasticity. His collected papers run to four volumes.
Like his contemporary, Henri Poincaré, Picard was much concerned with the training of mathematics, physics, and engineering students. He wrote a classic textbook on analysis and one of the first textbooks on the theory of relativity. Picard's popular writings include biographies of many leading French mathematicians, including his father in law, Charles Hermite.
See also
Bibliography
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References
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External links
- Works by Émile Picard at Project Gutenberg
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- 1856 births
- 1941 deaths
- Scientists from Paris
- 19th-century French mathematicians
- 20th-century French mathematicians
- École Normale Supérieure alumni
- Mathematical analysts
- Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
- Members of the Académie française
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Members of the Royal Society
- Corresponding Members of the St Petersburg Academy of Sciences