Henri Poincaré

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Mathematician · France

Date of birth: April 29, 1854
Died on July 17, 1912: Died at the age of 58; Would have turned 172 today

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

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Henri Poincaré was a mathematician (France). Henri Poincaré was born on April 29, 1854 in Nancy. Among other things, Henri Poincaré was known for Royal Society of London, Académie Française, and Russian Academy of Sciences. Henri Poincaré founded global analysis.

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global analysis

Founded company

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Work by Henri Poincaré

Title	Year
Poincaré group	–
Poincaré–Hopf theorem	–
Poincaré–Steklov operator	–
Poincaré inequality	–
Poincaré lemma	–
Poincaré conjecture	–
Poincaré duality	–
Poincaré recurrence theorem	–
Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem	–
Poincaré–Bendixson theorem	–
Poincaré–Miranda theorem	–
Poincaré separation theorem	–
Poincaré half-plane model	–
Poincaré disk model	–
La Science et l'Hypothèse / Henri Poincaré	–
La Valeur de la Science / Henri Poincaré	–
Poincaré map	–
Science et Méthode / Henri Poincaré	–
Poincaré–Birkhoff theorem	–
Poincaré metric	–
Poincaré sphere	–
Poincaré plot	–
Poincaré residue	–
Poincaré space	–
Poincaré series	–
Poincaré–Lelong equation	–
Poincaré–Lindstedt method	–

Facts about Henri

Born: April 29, 1854 in Nancy
Died: July 17, 1912
Nationality: France
Occupations: Mathematician, Astronomer, Polymath, Writer, and Topologist
Languages: French
Education: University of Paris and École polytechnique
Fame: Wikipedia articles in 96 languages

Birthday

Date of birth: April 29, 1854
Born on a: Saturday
Zodiac sign: Taurus

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What makes Henri Poincaré unique

In memory: Died at the age of 58
Today: Would have turned 172 today

First award in 1885, the year Henri Poincaré turned 31.

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Awards

Award	Year
Poncelet Prize	1885
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society	1900
Commander of the Legion of Honour	1903
Royal Order of the Polar Star	1905
Bruce Medal	1911

Groups

Name	From	To
Royal Society of London	–	–
Académie Française	–	–
Russian Academy of Sciences	–	–
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences	–	–
French Academy of Sciences	–	–
National Academy of Sciences	–	–
American Academy of Arts and Sciences	–	–
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences	–	–
Hungarian Academy of Sciences	–	–
American Philosophical Society	–	–
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences	–	–
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei	–	–
Romanian Academy	–	–
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities	–	–
Royal Society of Edinburgh	–	–
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony	–	–
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences	–	–
Academy of Sciences of Turin	–	–
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL	–	–
Académie de Stanislas (Nancy, France)	–	–
Académie lorraine des sciences	–	–

Founded companies

Name	Year
global analysis	–

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