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| − | ; | + | '''René Frédéric Thom''' (September 2, 1923 – October 25, 2002) was a French mathematician. He made his reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of what would be called singularity theory; he became world-famous among the wider academic community and the educated general public for one aspect of this latter interest, his work as founder of catastrophe theory (later developed by Erik Christopher Zeeman). |
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| + | ==Awards== | ||
| + | * 1958, the Fields Medal | ||
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* "[[Media:Thom_Rene_1991_Leaving_Mathematics_for_Philosophy.pdf|Leaving Mathematics for Philosophy]]", 1991. | * "[[Media:Thom_Rene_1991_Leaving_Mathematics_for_Philosophy.pdf|Leaving Mathematics for Philosophy]]", 1991. | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thom Thom on Wikipedia] | ||
| + | * [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Thom Thom on French Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 14:01, 4 November 2013
René Frédéric Thom (September 2, 1923 – October 25, 2002) was a French mathematician. He made his reputation as a topologist, moving on to aspects of what would be called singularity theory; he became world-famous among the wider academic community and the educated general public for one aspect of this latter interest, his work as founder of catastrophe theory (later developed by Erik Christopher Zeeman).
Awards
- 1958, the Fields Medal
Books
- "Leaving Mathematics for Philosophy", 1991.
