Borel may refer to:
People
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Borel (author), 18th-century French playwright
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Borel (1906–1967), pseudonym of the French actor Jacques Henri Cottance
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Émile Borel
Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel (; 7 January 1871 – 3 February 1956) was a French mathematician and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability.
Biography
Borel was ...
(1871 – 1956), a French mathematician known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability
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Armand Borel
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 ...
(1923 – 2003), a Swiss mathematician
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Mary Grace Borel (1915 – 1998), American socialite
Places
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Borel (crater), a lunar crater, named after Émile Borel
Mathematics
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Borel algebra
In mathematics, a Borel set is any set in a topological space that can be formed from open sets (or, equivalently, from closed sets) through the operations of countable union, countable intersection, and relative complement. Borel sets are name ...
, operating on Borel sets, named after Émile Borel, also:
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Borel measure
In mathematics, specifically in measure theory, a Borel measure on a topological space is a measure that is defined on all open sets (and thus on all Borel sets). Some authors require additional restrictions on the measure, as described below.
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, the measure on a Borel algebra
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Borel distribution, a discrete probability distribution, also named after Émile Borel
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Borel subgroup, in the theory of algebraic groups, named after Armand Borel
Other uses
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Borel (surname), a surname
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Etablissements Borel, an aircraft manufacturing company founded by Gabriel Borel
See also
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Borrel
Borrel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Amédée Borrel (1867–1936), French biologist who was born in Cazouls-lès-Béziers
*Andrée Borrel (1919–1944), French heroine of World War II
* Cleopatra Borrel (born 1979), fema ...
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