François Bruhat

François Bruhat
Born	(1929-04-08)8 April 1929 Paris
Died	17 July 2007(2007-07-17) (aged 78)
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Known for	Bruhat decomposition Bruhat order Bruhat–Tits buildings Schwartz–Bruhat function
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics

François Georges René Bruhat (French: [bʁy.a]; 8 April 1929 – 17 July 2007) was a French mathematician who worked on algebraic groups. The Bruhat order of a Weyl group, the Bruhat decomposition, and the Schwartz–Bruhat functions are named after him.

He was the son of physicist (and associate director of the École Normale Supérieure during the occupation) Georges Bruhat, and brother of physicist Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat.

See also

• Hadamard space

References

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "François Bruhat", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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