Henri Lebesgue
French mathematician (1875-1941) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 66
Henri Léon Lebesgue was a French mathematician known for his theory of integration, which was a generalization of the 17th-century concept of integration - summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis.
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1941Died26 July 19411934Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1932Officer of the Legion of HonourAward1919Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault AwardAward1917Saintour PrizeAward1914Poncelet PrizeAward1904Cours PeccotAward1875Born28 June 1875
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His theory was published originally in his dissertation Intégrale, longueur, aire at the University of Nancy during 1902.
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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 1875 to 1941 · aged 66
