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Georges de Rham
Georges de Rham (; 10 September 1903 – 9 October 1990) was a Swiss mathematician, known for his contributions to differential topology.
Biography.
Georges de Rham was born on 10 September 1903 in Roche, a small village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. He was the fifth born of the six children in the family of Léon de Rham, a constructions engineer. Georges de Rham grew up in Roche but went to school in nearby Aigle, the main town of the district, travelling
how this fitted with the generalised function concept.
The influence of de Rham’s theorem was particularly great during the development of Hodge theory and sheaf theory.
De Rham also worked on the torsion invariants of smooth manifolds.
Further reading.
- Bott, Raoul. "Georges de Rham 1901–1990," "Notices of the American Mathematical Society" 38 2 (Feb. 1991), 114–115.
External links.
- Barile, Margherita. "Georges de Rham." Biographical sketch at The First Century of