Gaston Julia
French mathematician · France · On the map · Academics · Lived 1893 to 1978 · aged 85
Gaston Maurice Julia was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot; the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related. He founded, independently with Pierre Fatou, the modern theory of holomorphic dynamics.
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1978Died19 March 19781959Commander of the French Order of Academic PalmsAward1950Grand Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1931Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault AwardAward1928Poncelet PrizeAward1926Prix FrancoeurAward1919Cours PeccotAward1918Grand prix des sciences mathématiquesAward1917Bordin PrizeAward1915Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1893Born3 February 1893
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France
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Academics
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Academic
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Deceased
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Lived 1893 to 1978 · aged 85
