# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rene-gateaux
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:57:55.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rene-gateaux"
name: "René Gateaux"
slug: "rene-gateaux"
description: "René Eugène Gateaux was a French mathematician. He is principally known for the Gateaux derivative, used in the calculus of variations and in the theory of optimal control. He died in combat during World War I. Paul Lévy produced a posthumous edition of his works, extending them considerably, in his Leçons d'analyse fonctionnelle of 1922."
tagline: "French mathematician (1889-1914)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1889-05-05"
deathDate: "1914-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump