Pierre Cartier (mathematician)
Pierre Cartier | |
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Cartier in 2009 | |
| Born | Pierre Émile Cartier 10 June 1932 |
| Died | 17 August 2024 (aged 92) Marcoussis, France |
| Education | Lycée Saint-Louis |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure University of Paris |
| Known for | Cartier divisor Cartier duality Cartier isomorphism Cartier operator Cartier's theorem Cartier–Foata matrices Traces |
| Awards | Prix Peccot (1960) ICM Speaker (1970) Prize Ampère (1978) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Strasbourg Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques |
| Doctoral advisor | Henri Cartan André Weil |
| Doctoral students | Guy Henniart |
Pierre Émile Cartier (10 June 1932 – 17 August 2024) was a French mathematician. An associate of the Bourbaki group and at one time a colleague of Alexander Grothendieck, his interests have ranged over algebraic geometry, representation theory, mathematical physics, and category theory.