Mathematician:Raoul Bott

Mathematician
Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry.

Nationality
American, of Hungarian origin

History

 * Born: September 24, 1923 in Budapest, Hungary
 * Died: December 20, 2005 in San Diego, California

Theorems and Definitions

 * Bott Periodicity Theorem
 * Bott Residue Formula for Complex Manifolds


 * Atiyah-Bott Fixed-Point Theorem (with )
 * Borel-Bott-Weil Theorem (with and ) (also known as Borel-Weil-Bott Theorem)
 * Bott-Milnor-Kervaire 1,2,4,8 Theorem (with and )
 * Chern-Bott Formula (with )


 * Bott Cannibalistic Class
 * Bott-Samelson Variety (with )
 * Morse-Bott Function (with )

Publications

 * 1947: Electrical Network Theory