Cartan Formalism

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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 *

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 *

Anna Cartan Anna Cartan (15 May 1878 – 1923) was a French mathematician, teacher and textbook author who was a student of Marie Curie and Jules Tannery. Early years Cartan was the youngest child born to Anne Florentine Cottaz (1841–1927) and Josep ...

(1878–1923), French mathematician and teacher, sister of Élie Cartan *

Cartan (crater) Cartan is a small lunar impact crater near the eastern edge of the Moon. It lies just to the west of the larger Apollonius. The rim is circular with a tiny crater along the eastern side. The interior floor is about half the diameter of the crater. ...

, a lunar crater named for Élie Cartan *

Badea Cârțan Badea Cârțan (roughly: ''Elder Brother Cârțan'' – the common nickname of Gheorghe Cârțan; 24 January 1849 – 7 August 1911) was a self-taught ethnic Romanian shepherd who fought for the independence of the Romanians of Transylvani ...

(1849–1911), Austro-Hungarian Romanian activist {{disambiguation, surname