Lucien Godeaux (1887–1975) was a prolific

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mathematician. His total of more than 1000 papers and books, 669 of which are found in

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, made him one of the most published mathematicians. He was the sole author of all but one of his papers. He is best remembered for work in algebraic geometry. From Liège, he was attracted to the work of the

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by the work of one of its masters,

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. Godeaux went to

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to study with him. The Godeaux surface is a construction of a special type, which has subsequently been much studied. Since 2007, the Belgian Mathematical Society (BMS) is organising a "Godeaux lecture" in his memory.

Works

* (1927) * (1931) * (1933) * (1933) * (1934) * (1934) * (1934) * (1935) * (1937) * (1940) * (1946) * (1946) * * (1949) * (1949) *

References

* ''Lucien Godeaux, Biographie nationale publiée par l'Académie royale de Belgique'', 27 (1938) * ''Hommage au Professeur Lucien Godeaux''. Librairie Universitaire, Louvain, 1968

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Godeaux, Lucien 1887 births 1975 deaths 20th-century Belgian mathematicians