Jacques Tits

Belgian mathematician (1930-2021) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 91

Jacques Tits was a Belgian-born French mathematician who worked on group theory and incidence geometry. He introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric.

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2021Died5 December 20212008Abel PrizeAward2001Officer of the National Order of MeritAward1996Cantor medalAward1995Knight of the Legion of HonourAward1993Wolf Prize in MathematicsAward1979Honorary doctors of Ghent UniversityAward1976Prix de l'EtatAward1930Born12 August 1930

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