Paul Dubreil (; 1 March 1904 – 9 March 1994) was a French

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. He was born in

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and died in

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, France. Dubreil was married to fellow mathematician Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin.

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Gaston Julia Gaston Maurice Julia (3 February 1893 – 19 March 1978) was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot; the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related. He founded, ind ...

) * * with M.L. Dubreil-Jacotin: ** (English translation) ** (Spanish translation by R. Rodriguez Vidal) *

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* * 1904 births 1994 deaths 20th-century French mathematicians École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the University of Lille Nord de France University of Paris alumni {{France-mathematician-stub