Jacques Tits: Belgian mathematician (1930–2021)
Jacques Tits (French: ; 12 August 1930 – 5 December 2021) was a Belgium-born French mathematician.
He worked on group theory and incidence geometry. He introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, and the Tits group.
Jacques Tits | |
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.jpg) Jacques Tits in May 2008 | |
| Born | 12 August 1930 Uccle, Belgium |
| Died | 5 December 2021 (aged 91) |
| Citizenship | Belgian (1930–1974) French (since 1974) |
| Known for | The Tits group, the Tits alternative, Tits buildings |
| Awards | Cantor medal (1996) Abel Prize (2008, with John G. Thompson) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Free University of Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Bonn Collège de France French Academy of Sciences |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Libois |
| Doctoral students | Francis Buekenhout Jens Carsten Jantzen Karl-Otto Stöhr |
In 2008 he was awarded the Abel Prize, along with John Griggs Thompson, “for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.”
Tits died on 5 December 2021 at the age of 91.
References
Other websites
- Biography at the Abel Prize site Archived 2020-02-18 at the Wayback Machine (pdf)
- List of publications at the Université libre de Bruxelles
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