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Émile Borel

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Also known as Emile Borel, Felix Edouard Justin Emile Borel

French mathematician and politician (1871-1956)

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Émile Borel was a French male mathematician who lived from 1871 to 1956. He was born on January 7, 1871, and died on February 3, 1956. His professional output included 148 works, with notable titles including *Probabilités, erreurs*, *Trigonométrie*, and *Principes d'algèbre et d'analyse*. Other listed works include *Septième semaine internationale de synthèse* and *Henri Poincaré*.

Borel’s bibliography is also documented in Crossref, which lists five of his works. His contributions to mathematics have been referenced by 157 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1871
Died
1956
Works
148

Top works

  • Septième semaine internationale de synthèse
  • Probabilités, erreurs
  • Henri Poincaré
  • Trigonométrie
  • Principes d'algèbre et d'analyse

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1928-02-10

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Quotes

  • Quels que soient les progrès des connaissances humaines, il y aura toujours place pour l'ignorance et par suite pour le hasard et la probabilité.

via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA

~7 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel ( French: [bɔʁɛl]; 7 January 1871 – 3 February 1956) was a French mathematician and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Émile Borel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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