Bott, Raoul, 1923-2005

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Name (Latin)
Bott, Raoul, 1923-2005
Other forms of name
Bott, R
Date of birth
1923-09-24
Date of death
2005-12-20
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 108173188
Wikidata: Q441185
Library of congress: n 81008422
HAI10: 000052563
Sources of Information
  • His Lectures on K(X), 1969.
  • Collected papers, 1994-1995:t.p. (Raoul Bott) v. 1, p. 3 (born in Budapest 24 Sept. 1923)
  • AMWS, 18th ed.v. 1, p. 677 (Bott, Raoul H.; b. Budapest, Hungary, 9/24/23)
  • Wikipedia WWW site, Dec. 21, 2005(Raoul Bott, FRS; b. Sept. 24, 1923, Budapest; d. Dec. 20, 2005, San Diego; mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense)
  • New York times WWW site, Jan. 9, 2006(in obituary published Jan. 8: Raoul Bott; Raoul Harry Bott; b. in Budapest; d. Dec. 20 [2005], Carlsbad, Calif., aged 82; mathematician who made innovative contributions to differential geometry and topology)

Wikipedia description:

Raoul Bott (September 24, 1923 – December 20, 2005) was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its broad sense. He is best known for his Bott periodicity theorem, the Morse–Bott functions which he used in this context, and the Borel–Bott–Weil theorem.

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