Jean Favard (28 August 190221 January 1965) was a French mathematician who worked on analysis.
Favard was born in
Peyrat-la-Nonière
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Geography
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. During
World War II
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he was a prisoner of war in Germany.
He also was a President of the
French Mathematical Society
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in 1946. He died in
La Tronche
La Tronche () is a commune in the Isère department, Southeastern France. It is part of the Grenoble urban unit (agglomeration). , aged 62.
See also
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Favard measure
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Favard inequality
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Favard interpolation
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Favard problem
External links
COMITE DES AMIS DE JEAN-FAVARD*Th
Lycée Jean Favardis named after him.
Favard is mentioned as a prisoner of war.
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1902 births
1965 deaths
French mathematical analysts
20th-century French mathematicians