Laurent Schwartz (1915-2002)

mathematician

Died aged c. 87

Laurent-Moïse Schwartz (French: [ʃvaʁts]; 5 March 1915 – 4 July 2002) was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1950 for his work on the theory of distributions. For several years he taught at the École polytechnique.
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Laurent Schwartz, 1915-2002, Mathématicien, Lauéat de la médaille Fields, a vécu ici de 1958 à 2002. Auteur de la théorie mathématique des distributions, il fut aussi un intellectuel engagé dans la lutte pour les droits de l'homme et dans les combats contre le colonialisme.

English translation: Laurent Schwartz, 1915-2002, Mathematician, Fields Medal Laureate, lived here from 1958 to 2002. Author of the mathematical theory of distributions, he was also an intellectual engaged in the struggle for human rights and in the fight against colonialism. [AWS Translate]

5 rue Pierre Nicole, Paris, France where they lived (1958-2002)