Jacques Tits
Jacques Tits | |
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 Jacques Tits in May 2008 | |
| Born | 12 August 1930 Uccle, Belgium |
| Died | 5 December 2021 (aged 91) |
| Citizenship | Belgian (1930–1974) French (since 1974) |
| Known for | The Tits group, the Tits alternative, Tits buildings |
| Awards | Cantor medal (1996) Abel Prize (2008, with John G. Thompson) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Free University of Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Bonn Collège de France French Academy of Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Libois |
| Doctoral students | Francis Buekenhout Jens Carsten Jantzen Karl-Otto Stöhr |
Jacques Tits (French: [tits]; 12 August 1930 – 5 December 2021) was a Belgium-born French mathematician. He worked on group theory and incidence geometry. He introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, and the Tits group.
In 1988 he was elected a member of the Academia Europaea.[1]
In 2008 he was awarded the Abel Prize, along with John Griggs Thompson, “for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.”[2]
Tits died on 5 December 2021 at the age of 91.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Jacques Tits". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
- ↑ "Thompson and Tits share the Abel Prize for 2008". The Niels Henrik Abel Memorial Fund. 2008-05-17. Archived from the original on 20 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has decided to award the Abel Prize for 2008 to John Griggs Thompson, University of Florida and Jacques Tits, Collège de France. This was announced by the Academy's President, Ole Didrik Lærum, at a press conference in Oslo today. Thompson and Tits receives the Abel Prize "for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory".
- ↑ "Décès de Jacques Tits". SMF. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
Other websites
[change | change source]- Biography at the Abel Prize site Archived 2020-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (pdf)
- List of publications at the Université libre de Bruxelles
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