Jean-Louis Koszul
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| Born |
January 1921 (age 94–95) Strasbourg, France |
| Nationality | France |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
University of Grenoble (Joseph Fourier University) French Academy of Sciences |
| Alma mater | University of Strasbourg |
| Doctoral advisor | Henri Cartan |
| Doctoral students | Eugène Okassa |
| Known for |
Koszul complex Koszul formula |
Jean-Louis Koszul (French: [kɔzyl]; born January 3, 1921) is a French mathematician best known for studying geometry and discovering the Koszul complex. He was a second generation member of Bourbaki.
He was educated at the Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges in Strasbourg before studying at the Faculty of Science in Strasbourg and the Faculty of Science in Paris. He has lectured at many universities and was appointed professor in the Faculty of Science at Grenoble in 1963. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences.
Koszul is the cousin of the French composer Henri Dutilleux, and the grand child of the composer Julien Koszul.
Koszul married Denise Reyss-Brion on July 17, 1948. They had three children: Michel, Bertrand, and Anne.
See also
- Koszul algebra
- Koszul duality
- Koszul cohomology
- Koszul connection
- Koszul-Tate resolution
- Lie algebra cohomology
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Jean-Louis Koszul", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
- Jean-Louis Koszul at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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