Armand Borel

Armand Borel
Armand Borel in Bonn, 1967.
Born(1923-05-21)21 May 1923
La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Died11 August 2003(2003-08-11) (aged 80)
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Alma materETH Zürich
AwardsLeroy P. Steele Prize (1991)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Study
Doctoral advisorJean Leray

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.


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