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Laurent-Moïse Schwartz was a French mathematician who received the Fields Medal in 1950 for pioneering the theory of distributions or generalized functions, giving a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. For several years he taught at the École polytechnique.
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science · French mathematician (1915–2002) · mathematician · university teacher · entomologist · also Laurent Schwartz, Schwartz
Born 5 March 1915 · Died 4 July 2002 · Q212081
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What are mathematics helpful for? Mathematics are helpful for physics. Physics helps us make fridges. Fridges are made to contain spiny lobsters, and spiny lobsters help mathematicians who eat them and have hence better abilities to do mathematics, which are helpful for physics, which helps us make fridges which...
Awarded Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award (1997).
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“What are mathematics helpful for? Mathematics are helpful for physics. Physics helps us make fridges. Fridges are made to contain spiny lobsters, and spiny lobsters help mathematicians who eat them and have hence better abilities to do mathematics, which are helpful for physics, which helps us make fridges which...”
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Published “Efficacy and Safety of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 9,962 times.
Published “New response evaluation criteria in solid tumours: Revised RECIST guideline (version 1.1)” in European Journal of Cancer — cited 25,157 times.
Published “Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 11,242 times.
Died 2002-07-04.
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“I have always thought that morality in politics was something essential, just like feelings and affinities.”
Published “The Sequence of the Human Genome” in Science — cited 10,211 times.
Awarded Heinz R. Pagels Human Rights of Scientists Award (1997).
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Was elected corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, and was promoted to full membership in 1975
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Established the Centre de mathématiques Laurent-Schwartz (CMLS) as its first director
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Awarded Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1964).
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Awarded Prix de l'Etat (1964).
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Career landmark: president (1960–1963).
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Became a teacher at the École polytechnique after having at first refused this position
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Won Fields medal (1950).
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For pioneering the theory of distributions or generalized functions, giving a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function
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And a selection of articles covering the period 1944–1954
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And wrote that his "political culture comes almost entirely from that Trotskyist period"
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Awarded Prix Francoeur (1946).
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Awarded Cours Peccot (1945).
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Joined the University of Nancy on the advice of Jean Delsarte and Jean Dieudonné, where he spent seven years
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Under his real name in the Publications de l'Institut de Mathématique de l'Université de Clermont-Ferrand, volume 959 of Hermann's Actualités scientifiques et industrielles), while Marie-Hélène used the name Lengé instea
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Studied at École Normale Supérieure (1934–1937).
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Awarded Concours général (1934).
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Was admitted at the École Normale Supérieure, and in 1937 he obtained the agrégation (with rank 2)
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Studied at Lycée Janson-de-Sailly (1934).
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Born 1915-03-05.
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