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− | '''Jacques Tits''' (født | + | '''Jacques Tits''' (født 12. august 1930 i [[Uccle]]) er en [[Frankrike|fransk]] (tidligere [[Belgia|belgisk]]) [[matematiker]]. Han har skrevet et stort antall forskingsartikler på flere områder, men i hovedsak innen [[gruppeteori]]. |
− | Tits ble i 1995 utnevnt til den tyske ordenen [[Pour le Mérite|Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste]]. Han ble tildelt [[Abelprisen]] i | + | Tits ble i 1995 utnevnt til den tyske ordenen [[Pour le Mérite|Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste]]. Han ble tildelt [[Abelprisen]] i 2008. |
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Siobahn Roberts, [http://www.math.toronto.edu/mpugh/Coxeter.pdf "Donald Coxeter: The man who saved geometry"], ''[[Toronto Life]]'', January 2003</ref> | Siobahn Roberts, [http://www.math.toronto.edu/mpugh/Coxeter.pdf "Donald Coxeter: The man who saved geometry"], ''[[Toronto Life]]'', January 2003</ref> | ||
− | Tits received the [[Wolf Prize in Mathematics]] in 1993, the [[Cantor Medal]] from the [[Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung]] (German Mathematical Society) in | + | Tits received the [[Wolf Prize in Mathematics]] in 1993, the [[Cantor Medal]] from the [[Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung]] (German Mathematical Society) in 1996, and the German distinction "[[Pour le Mérite]]". In 2008 he was awarded the [[Abel Prize]], along with [[John Griggs Thompson]], “for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.” He is a member of several Academies of Sciences. |
the [[Tits group]] is named after him. | the [[Tits group]] is named after him. |
Revision as of 15:08, 12 September 2010
Jacques Tits (født 12. august 1930 i Uccle) er en fransk (tidligere belgisk) matematiker. Han har skrevet et stort antall forskingsartikler på flere områder, men i hovedsak innen gruppeteori.
Tits ble i 1995 utnevnt til den tyske ordenen Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste. Han ble tildelt Abelprisen i 2008.