Élie Joseph Cartan ForMemRS (French: [kaʁtɑ̃]; 9 April 1869 – 6 May 1951) was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems (coordinate …

May 6, 2012 · Élie Cartan worked on continuous groups, Lie algebras, differential equations and geometry. His work achieves a synthesis between these areas. He is one of the most important …

Élie-Joseph Cartan was a French mathematician who greatly developed the theory of Lie groups and contributed to the theory of subalgebras. In 1894 Cartan became a lecturer at the University of …

A successful and highly admired teacher, Cartan influenced a number of younger mathematicians—including his son, Henri Paul Cartan. Born on April 9, 1869, Cartan's background …

After a long illness Élie Cartan died on May 6, 1951, in Paris. His death came at a time when his reputation and the influence of his ideas were in full ascent. Undoubtedly one of the greatest mathe …

Cartan's most significant work was in developing the concept of analysis on differentiable manifolds, which now occupies a central place in mathematics. He began his research career with a dissertation …

Élie Joseph Cartan was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems, and differential geometry...