Mathematician:René Frédéric Thom

Mathematician
French mathematician who worked as a topologist, then moved on to aspects of what would later be called singularity theory.

One of the founders of catastrophe theory.

Introduced the concept of cobordism.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 2 September 1923 in Montbéliard, Doubs, France
 * Died: 25 October 2002 in Bures-sur-Yvette, France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Dold-Thom Theorem (with )
 * Thom Isomorphism
 * Pontryagin-Thom Construction (with )
 * Giambelli-Thom-Porteous Formula (with and )

Publications

 * 1972: Structural Stability and Morphogenesis
 * 1990: Semio Physics: A Sketch
 * 1972: Structural Stability and Morphogenesis
 * 1990: Semio Physics: A Sketch
 * 1990: Semio Physics: A Sketch