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Camille Jordan

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Also known as Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan

French mathematician (1838-1922)

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Born
( 1838-01-05 ) 5 January 1838, Lyon
Died
22 January 1922 (1922-01-22) (aged 84), Paris
Alma mater
École polytechnique
Fields
Mathematics
Theses
Sur le nombre des valeurs des fonctions (1860) Sur les périodes des fonctions inverses des intégrales des différentielles algébriques (1860)
Academic advisors
Victor Puiseux and Joseph Alfred Serret

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Instance of
human
Given name
Camille
Family name
Jordan
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Lyon
Place of death
Paris
Position held
director
Educated at
Mines ParisTech
Languages spoken
French
Doctoral advisor
Joseph Alfred Serret
Doctoral student
Marie Georges Humbert
Field of work
measure theory
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Camille Jordan 4.jpg
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date of death
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Camille Jordan
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Encyclopedic overview

Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan ( French: [ʒɔʁdɑ̃]; 5 January 1838 – 22 January 1922) was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his textbook Cours d'analyse de l'École polytechnique.

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