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Roger Godement

French mathematician (1921-2016)
Person human Q930720

Facts

23 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
October 1, 1921, 1921[7]
Date of death
July 21, 2016, 2016[8]
Place of birth
Le Havre
Place of death
Villejuif
Country of citizenship
France[9]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
Paris Diderot University, Nancy-Université, Institute for Advanced Study[17][18][19]
Field of work
functional analysis, algebraic topology, group theory, mathematics, Lie group, abstract algebra, mathematical analysis[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Educated at
École Normale Supérieure[20]
Award received
Cours Peccot[23]
Notable work
Godement resolution[22]
Doctoral advisor
Henri Cartan[21]
Doctoral student
Hervé Jacquet, Christophe Soulé, Mohamed Taoufik Karkar, François Rodier, Paul Gérardin, Jean-Pierre Labesse, Gilles Lachaud, Gérard Schiffmann[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]
Languages spoken, written or signed
French[38]
Academic thesis
Les fonctions de type positif et la théorie des groupes[35]
Birth name
Roger Jean Henri Godement[39]
Given name
Roger[34]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[41]
Member of
Nicolas Bourbaki[24]
Name in native language
Roger Godement[40]
Political ideology
antimilitarism, political opposition, political opposition[36][37]
🏷️ Also known as
en Roger Godement cs R. Godeman cs R. Godement de Godement ja ロジェ・ゴドマン ja ロジャー・ゴデメン ja ロジャー・ゴドマン ko 로제 고드망 zh 羅傑·戈德芒
🔖 Identifiers · 38
ISNI
000000012276478X
VIAF cluster ID
12374868
Library of Congress authority ID
n84802881
GND ID
128582138
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Roger Godement.jpg ↗
All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
123867
BHCL UUID
8731ac0b-35f1-41e8-9800-43dcd28d10a8
BIBSYS ID
90875354
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12305542g
DDB person (GND) ID
128582138
Described at URL
rogergodement.com
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
128582138
Show all 38 identifiers +26
Fichier des personnes décédées ID (matchID)
IHSMiaVXVYGC
FranceArchives agent ID
301167863
Freebase ID
/m/03vkcj
IdRef ID
03193093X
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
128582138
MR Author ID
189245
MacTutor biography ID
Godement
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
49554
NL CR AUT ID
uk20211110860
NLab ID
Roger Godement
NUKAT ID
n97086405
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007271479205171
National Library of Latvia ID
000161022
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
06927679X
Oberwolfach mathematician ID
5154
Prabook ID
1926449
Roglo person ID
p=roger;n=godement
SBN author ID
PUVV124162
SHARE Catalogue author ID
41860
SVKKL authority ID
0411641-Godement-Roger-19212016
Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID
godement
UOM ID
57295
WikiTree person ID
Godement-1
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJkXB9BkMGMqv4B88GttKd
Yale LUX ID
person/6c3f9f37-0ce3-4691-a9aa-a5ec1ff16014
ZbMATH author ID
godement.roger

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🔗 Connections
Field of work 7
mathematics, mathematical analysis, abstract algebra, group theory, functional analysis, algebraic topology, Lie group
Employer 3
Institute for Advanced Study, Paris Diderot University, Nancy-Université
Political ideology 3
political opposition, political opposition, antimilitarism
Doctoral student 2
Christophe Soulé, Hervé Jacquet
Doctoral students 2
Christophe Soulé, Hervé Jacquet
Occupation 2
mathematician, university teacher
Award received 1
Cours Peccot
Country of citizenship 1
France
Doctoral advisor 1
Henri Cartan
Doctoral advisors 1
Henri Cartan
Educated at 1
École Normale Supérieure
Given name 1
Roger
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
French
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of 1
Nicolas Bourbaki
Place of birth 1
Le Havre
Place of death 1
Villejuif
Sex or gender 1
male
← Discoverer or inventor 1
monad
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Summary

Roger Godement was born on October 1, 1921[1], in Le Havre[2]. He died on July 21, 2016[3], in Villejuif[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Why It Matters

He is credited with the discovery of monad[42].

His notable doctoral advisees include Christophe Soulé[43], a mathematician[44], b. 1951[45], of France[46], awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour[47], specialised in mathematics[48] and Hervé Jacquet[49], a mathematician[50], b. 1939[51], of France[52], awarded the Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences[53], specialised in number theory[54].

FAQs

Where was Roger Godement born?

Roger Godement's place of birth was Le Havre[2].

Where did Roger Godement die?

Roger Godement passed away in Villejuif[4].

What did Roger Godement do for work?

Roger Godement worked as a mathematician[5] and university teacher[6].

Where did Roger Godement go to school?

Roger Godement was educated at École Normale Supérieure[20].

What awards did Roger Godement receive?

Honors received include Cours Peccot[23].

What did Roger Godement discover?

Roger Godement is credited as discoverer of monad[42].

Related Entities

France Henri Cartan Institute for Advanced Study mathematical analysis mathematics Villejuif

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Fichier des personnes décédées mirror. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Fichier des personnes décédées mirror. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ias.edu. ias.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [28] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [29] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [30] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  25. [31] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  26. [32] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  27. [33] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  28. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [3] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . avis-de-deces.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . tangente-mag.com. tangente-mag.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . archive.org. archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . data.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . Fichier des personnes décédées mirror. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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