Claude Chevalley | |
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Born | Johannesburg, Transvaal Colony (now South Africa) | February 11, 1909
Died | June 28, 1984 Paris, France | (aged 75)
Nationality | French |
Citizenship | French, American |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure University of Hamburg University of Marburg University of Paris |
Known for | Founding member of Bourbaki Chevalley–Warning theorem Chevalley group Chevalley scheme |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Princeton University Columbia University |
Notable students | Michel André Michel Broué Leon Ehrenpreis Oscar Goldman Gerhard Hochschild Lê Dũng Tráng |
Claude Chevalley (French: [ʃəvalɛ]; 11 February 1909 – 28 June 1984) was a French mathematician who made important contributions to number theory, algebraic geometry, class field theory, finite group theory and the theory of algebraic groups. He was a founding member of the Bourbaki group.