Mathematician:François Georges René Bruhat

Mathematician

French mathematician who worked on algebraic groups

Brother-in-law of Gustave Choquet.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 8 April 1929 in Paris
• Died: 17 July 2007

Theorems and Definitions

• Bruhat Order of Weyl Group
• Bruhat Decomposition
• Schwartz-Bruhat Function (with Laurent-Moïse Schwartz)

Definitions of concepts named for François Georges René Bruhat can be found here.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "François Georges René Bruhat": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive