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in 1970, based on the ideas developed by Thom in the previous ten years. A coherent detailed account was published in 1976 by Christopher Gibson, Klaus Wirthmüller, Andrew du Plessis, and
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During the last twenty years of his life Thom's published work was mainly in philosophy and epistemology, and he undertook a reevaluation of
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Beyond Thom's contributions to algebraic topology, he studied differentiable mappings, through the study of
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Papadopoulos, Athanase (2018). "René Thom: Portrait Mathématique et philosophique". CNRS Editions, Paris.
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and stratified maps, proving a basic stratified isotopy theorem describing the local conical structure of
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between 1968 and 1972, his academic achievements concern mostly his mathematical work on topology.
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Gibson, Christopher G.; Wirthmüller, Klaus; Du Plessis, Andrew; Looijenga, E. (1976).
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and published in the proceedings of a year long symposium on singularities at
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Growing Explanations: Historical Perspective on the Sciences of Complexity
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Thom's lectures on the stability of differentiable mappings, given at the
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Weil, Martin (November 17, 2002). "French Mathematician René Thom Dies".
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Logos et Théorie des Catastrophes: à partir de l'oeuvre de René Thom
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While René Thom is most known to the public for his development of
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Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematician 1983
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Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematician 1970
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Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematician 1958
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invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians
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Recipients of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Brazil)
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Quelques propriétés globales des variétés differentiables
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theory, which were already present in his thesis. He was
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The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought
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in 1976. He become the first president, together with
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In the early 1950s it concerned what are now called
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Annales Scientifiques de l'École Normale Supérieure
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Another example of this line of work is the 1987: 1449: 678:Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society 341:and in 1943 he began studying mathematics at 1378: 1295:"Derrida Letter, The Cambridge Affair, 1992" 459:paid homage to René Thom with the paintings 435:Grand Prix Scientifique de la Ville de Paris 1164:"René Thom: Dalí's favourite mathematician" 1062:"The Brouwer Lecture and the Brouwer Medal" 1994: 1980: 1456: 1442: 847: 629: 29: 2547:Members of the French Academy of Sciences 613: 1263:Topological stability of smooth mappings 404:International Congress of Mathematicians 389:Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques 313:René Thom grew up in a modest family in 215:Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques 1412:MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive 1305: 899: 798:MacTutor History of Mathematics archive 755:MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive 449:In 1973 and was elected Member of the 2494: 1340: 1161: 771: 698:Structural Stability and Morphogenesis 364:), was written under the direction of 337:. In 1941 he moved to Paris to attend 1975: 1437: 1324: 373:Princeton University Graduate College 352:He received his PhD in 1951 from the 273: 1463: 1367: 1208: 1087:"SIAM: The John von Neumann Lecture" 972: 590: 508:. From the mid 1950s he moved into 362:Sphere bundles and Steenrod squares 13: 2517:20th-century French mathematicians 1345:. In Kritzman, Lawrence D. (ed.). 1133: 673:Ensembles et morphismes stratifiés 570:protesting against plans to award 308: 14: 2588: 1394: 930:www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu 848:Alberganti, Michel (2002-10-31). 637:Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici 1955: 1946: 1945: 1162:Andrew, Masterson (2018-01-16). 1048:Polish Scientific Publishers PWN 900:Dougnac, Sophie (30 July 2015). 16:French mathematician (1923–2002) 2522:École Normale Supérieure alumni 1287: 1229: 1202: 1180: 1155: 1127: 1103: 1079: 1054: 1023: 993: 793:"René Thom - Guardian obituary" 584: 467:Topological Abduction of Europe 1423:Washington Post Online edition 1199:, April 1976; pp. 65–70, 75–83 966: 942: 918: 893: 869: 841: 815: 765: 737: 439:John von Neumann Lecture Prize 395:, where he worked until 1990. 179:John von Neumann Lecture Prize 1: 772:Wright, Pearce (2002-11-14). 731: 1241:Institute for Advanced Study 1111:"Fondation Louis de Broglie" 1064:. 2017-05-10. Archived from 539:in 1960, were written up by 329:, his family took refuge in 289:He made his reputation as a 132:Thom transversality theorem 7: 2512:Scientists from Montbéliard 1306:Petitot, Jean, ed. (1996). 1265:. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 1115:fondationlouisdebroglie.org 712: 522:Thom–Mather isotopy theorem 498:Thom transversality theorem 472: 445:, of the newly established 426:(which he did not attend). 418:two more times: in 1970 in 10: 2593: 2577:University of Paris alumni 2003:John von Neumann Lecturers 1223:Cambridge University Press 987:Cambridge University Press 700:, W. A. Benjamin, (1972), 547:during 1969–70, edited by 447:Fondation Louis-de-Broglie 398:In 1958 Thom received the 136:Thom's first isotopy lemma 2009: 1941: 1471: 1341:Reilly, Brian J. (2006). 1019:. 1971. pp. 257–265. 526:topologically stable maps 327:German invasion of France 260: 250: 238: 220: 211:Université Joseph Fourier 202: 192: 185: 164: 154: 95: 81: 62: 40: 28: 21: 2567:Lycée Saint-Louis alumni 1417:University of St Andrews 1332:. In Wise, M. N. (ed.). 1221:(in German). Cambridge: 803:University of St Andrews 760:University of St Andrews 343:École Normale Supérieure 207:University of Strasbourg 86:École Normale Supérieure 574:an honorary doctorate. 518:Whitney stratified sets 410:for the foundations of 379:at the Universities of 375:(1951–1952), he became 144:Thom–Sebastiani Theorem 2557:Theoretical biologists 2342:George C. Papanicolaou 2246:R. Tyrrell Rockafellar 1237:"René Thom - Scholars" 490:characteristic classes 371:After a fellowship at 1325:Aubin, David (2004). 1143:Académie des Sciences 774:"Obituary: René Thom" 451:Académie des Sciences 377:Maître de conférences 356:. His thesis, titled 140:Thom–Porteous formula 2430:Bernard J. Matkowsky 2414:Jennifer Tour Chayes 1403:Robertson, Edmund F. 1031:Ciesielski, Zbigniew 1008:(in French). Paris: 877:"Thom René Frédéric" 823:"René Frédéric Thom" 746:Robertson, Edmund F. 568:Cambridge University 545:Liverpool University 301:(later developed by 2542:French semioticians 2438:Charles F. Van Loan 2206:Jacques-Louis Lions 1425:(free registration) 1401:O'Connor, John J.; 1215:The Work of R. Thom 1196:Scientific American 989:. pp. 248–255. 744:O'Connor, John J.; 630:Thom, René (1954), 591:Thom, René (1952), 520:, now known as the 429:He was awarded the 354:University of Paris 325:in 1940. After the 282:, who received the 108:Gradient conjecture 90:University of Paris 2446:Margaret H. Wright 2334:Jerrold E. Marsden 2278:Olga Ladyzhenskaya 2150:Kurt O. Friedrichs 2094:James H. 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Index


Montbéliard
Bures-sur-Yvette
École Normale Supérieure
University of Paris
Catastrophe theory
Cobordism
Gradient conjecture
Quasi-fibration
Splitting lemma
Thom conjecture
Thom isomorphism
Thom space
Thom transversality theorem
Thom's first isotopy lemma
Thom–Porteous formula
Thom–Sebastiani Theorem
Dold–Thom theorem
Françoise Thom
Fields Medal
Brouwer Medal
John von Neumann Lecture Prize
Mathematics
University of Strasbourg
Université Joseph Fourier
Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques
Thesis
Espaces fibrés en sphères et carrés de Steenrod
Doctoral advisor
Henri Cartan

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