Henri Cartan has made monumental contributions in essentially every field of algebraic topology, including analytical functions, the theory of sheaves, homological theory, and potential theory. His most important works include Homological Algebra...

1904- Born in 1904 in Nancy, France, Cartan went on to teach at several prominent universities in his native land: Lycée Caen, Lille, Strasbourg, Paris, and Orsay. As the son of Elie Cartan (who modernized differential geometry), he devoted his...

Henri Cartan (born July 8, 1904) is a son of Élie Cartan, and is, as his father was, a distinguished and influential French mathematician. Cartan studied at the Lycée Hoche in Versailles, then at the ENS. He held academic positions at a number of...

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