Cartan may refer to:
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Élie Cartan
Élie Joseph Cartan (; 9 April 1869 – 6 May 1951) was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems (coordinate-free geometric formulation of PDEs), and differential geometry. He ...
(1869–1951), French mathematician who worked with Lie groups
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Henri Cartan
Henri Paul Cartan (; 8 July 1904 – 13 August 2008) was a French mathematician who made substantial contributions to algebraic topology.
He was the son of the mathematician Élie Cartan, nephew of mathematician Anna Cartan, oldest brother of c ...
(1904–2008), French mathematician who worked in algebraic topology, son of Élie Cartan
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Anna Cartan (1878–1923), French mathematician and teacher, sister of Élie Cartan
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Cartan (crater), a lunar crater named for Élie Cartan
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Badea Cârțan (1849–1911), Austro-Hungarian Romanian activist
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