Armand Borel

Who is this?

Armand Borel (21 May 1923 – 11 August 2003) was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States from 1957 to 1993. He worked in algebraic topology, in the theory of Lie groups, and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups.

Career

1. 1923
   Born
2. 1978
   Won Brouwer Medal
3. 1991
   Won Leroy P. Steele Prize
4. 1992
   Won Balzan Prize
5. 2003
   Passed away
6. Member of French Academy of Sciences
7. Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
8. Member of National Academy of Sciences
9. Notable work: Borel–Weil theorem
10. Notable work: Borel's theorem
11. Notable work: Borel–Weil–Bott theorem
12. Notable work: Borel fixed-point theorem
13. Notable work: Borel conjecture

Trivia

• •Place of birth: La Chaux-de-Fonds
• •Citizenship: Switzerland, United States
• •Known as: mathematician, topologist, university teacher