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Laurent Schwartz

French mathematician (1915-2002) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 87

Laurent-Moïse Schwartz was a French mathematician who received the Fields Medal in 1950 for pioneering the theory of distributions or generalized functions, giving a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. For several years he taught at the École polytechnique.

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2002Died4 July 20021997Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists AwardAward1964Grand prix des sciences mathématiquesAwardPrix de l'EtatAward1950Fields medalAward1946Prix FrancoeurAward1945Cours PeccotAward1934Concours généralAward1915Born5 March 1915

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Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award1997
Grand prix des sciences mathématiques1964
Prix de l'Etat1964
Fields medal1950
Prix Francoeur1946
Cours Peccot1945
Concours général1934

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Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 2002 · aged 87