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Armand Borel

1923 - 2003

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Armand Borel (21 May 1923 – 11 August 2003) was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States from 1957 to 1993. He worked in algebraic topology, in the theory of Lie groups, and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Armand Borel is the 907th most popular mathematician (down from 817th in 2019), the 647th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 566th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Swiss Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Armand Borel ranks 907 out of 1,004. Before her are Hjalmar Mellin, Volker Strassen, Artur Avila, James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Elon Lindenstrauss, and Christine Darden. After her are Richard Borcherds, David Blackwell, Mark Kac, Salomon Bochner, Philip Hall, and Don Zagier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Armand Borel ranks 429. Before her are Gunnar Åkerlund, Fernando Campos, Vladimir Tendryakov, Romolo Catasta, Bjørn Paulson, and John M. Allegro. After her are Mae Young, Ralph Giordano, James Dickey, Bernice Rubens, Robert Craft, and John Pulman. Among people deceased in 2003, Armand Borel ranks 327. Before her are Vladimir Bogomolov, Gene Anthony Ray, Anne Gwynne, Mamie Till, Carol Shields, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan. After her are Vera Zorina, Dave DeBusschere, Edward F. Moore, Peter Hacks, Jan-Just Bos, and Éva Janikovszky.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Armand Borel ranks 647 out of 1,015. Before her are Philippe Senderos (1985), Hans Pulver (1902), Ernst Stueckelberg (1905), Erich Schmitt (1912), Edmund Bruggmann (1943), and Alisha Lehmann (1999). After her are Lara Gut-Behrami (1991), Claudio Sulser (1955), Maria Walliser (1963), Gökhan Inler (1984), Lukas Ammann (1912), and Daniel Mojon (1963).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Switzerland

Among mathematicians born in Switzerland, Armand Borel ranks 19. Before her are Nicolaus I Bernoulli (1687), Johann Baptist Cysat (1585), Jakob Hermann (1678), Ludwig Schläfli (1814), Georges de Rham (1903), and Nicolas Fuss (1755). After her are Martin Hairer (1975).

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