Louis Jacques Crelier (3 November 1873,
Bure, Switzerland – 28 November 1935) was a Swiss mathematician.
In 1886 he enrolled at l'Ecole normale in
Porrentruy
Porrentruy (; ; ) is a Swiss municipality and seat of the district of the same name located in the canton of Jura.
Porrentruy is home to National League team, HC Ajoie.
History
The first trace of human presence in Porrentruy is a Mesolit ...
and then studied at the
University of Berne, where he received his doctorate in 1895. He began his teaching career at the secondary school in
Saint-Imier and then taught at the technical school (founded in 1873) in
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; German language, German: ''Biel'' ; French language, French: ''Bienne'' ; Bernese German, locally ; ; ; ) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the ...
. He became in 1912 professor extraordinarius and in 1918 professor ordinarius at the University of Berne.
[
Crelier served a two-year term from 1920 to 1921 as president of the ]Swiss Mathematical Society
The Swiss Mathematical Society, SMS (, SMG; ), founded in Basel on 4 September 1910, is the national mathematical society of Switzerland. It is a member of the European Mathematical Society.
History
The SMS was established on 4 September 1910 ...
. He was an Invited Speaker of the ICM in 1924 at Toronto and in 1928 at Bologna.
Selected publications
*
*
References
External links
* (40 pages, List of publications by Louis Crelier, pp. 39–40)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Crelier, Louis Jacques
1873 births
1935 deaths
Swiss mathematicians
University of Bern alumni
Academic staff of the University of Bern