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Jean Favard

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Jean Favard
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Born(1902-08-28)28 August 1902
Died21 January 1965(1965-01-21) (aged 62)
La Tronche, France
NationalityFrench
Known forAffine geometry of curves
Favard constant
Favard length
Favard operator
Favard theorem
Akhiezer–Krein–Favard theorem
Bohr–Favard inequality
AwardsPrix Francoeur (1934)
Peccot Lecture (1929)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Jean Favard (28 August 1902 – 21 January 1965) was a French mathematician who worked on analysis.

Favard was born in Peyrat-la-Nonière. During World War II he was a prisoner of war in Germany.

He also was a President of the French Mathematical Society in 1946. He died in La Tronche, aged 62.

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