Bott, Raoul, 1923-2005
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- 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)
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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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