Died 1963-10-17.
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Jacques Hadamard
Jacques Salomon Hadamard was a French mathematician who made major contributions in number theory, complex analysis, differential geometry, and partial differential equations.
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science · French mathematician (1865–1963) · mathematician · professor · researcher · university teacher · also Jacques Hadamard, Jacques Salomon Hadamard, Hadamard
Born 8 December 1865 · Died 17 October 1963 · Q164425
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1963· 1 entry
1957· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1957).
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1956· 1 entry
Won CNRS Gold medal (1956).
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1954).
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1951· 1 entry
Awarded Feltrinelli Prize (1951).
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1948· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1948).
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1944· 1 entry
And returned to France when the war ended in 1945
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1941· 1 entry
And he obtained a visiting position at Columbia University in New York
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1936· 1 entry
Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honour (1936).
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1932· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1932).
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1930· 1 entry
And 1934 and China in 1936 at the invitation of Soviet and Chinese mathematicians
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1923· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1923).
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1919· 1 entry
Awarded Silliman Memorial Lectures (1919).
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1916· 1 entry
In succession to Poincaré, whose complete works he helped edit
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1912· 1 entry
And at the École Centrale in 1920, succeeding Jordan and Appell
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1908· 1 entry
Awarded Estrade-Delcros award (1908).
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1906· 1 entry
Career landmark: chairperson (1906–1907).
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1903· 1 entry
Awarded Petit d'Ormoy, Carriere, Thebault Award (1903).
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1898· 2 entries
Awarded Poncelet Prize (1898).
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With the study of geodesics on surfaces of negative curvature
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1897· 1 entry
Moved back to Paris, holding positions in the Sorbonne and the Collège de France, where he was appointed Professor of Mechanics in 1909
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1896· 1 entry
Made two important contributions: he proved the prime number theorem, using complex function theory (also proved independently by Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin); and he was awarded the Bordin Prize of the French A
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1892· 4 entries
Awarded Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1892).
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Studied at University of Paris, Doctor (1892).
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And in the same year was awarded the Grand Prix des Sciences Mathématiques for his essay on the Riemann zeta function
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Hadamard married Louise-Anna Trénel, also of Jewish descent, with whom he had three sons and two daughters
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1888· 1 entry
Studied at École Normale Supérieure (1885–1888).
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1884· 2 entries
Studied at Lycée Louis-le-Grand (1876–1884).
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Hadamard entered the École Normale Supérieure, having placed first in the entrance examinations both there and at the École Polytechnique
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1883· 1 entry
Awarded Concours général (1883).
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1876· 1 entry
Studied at Lycée Charlemagne (1876).
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1865· 1 entry
Born 1865-12-08.
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