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Édith Mourier

1920 – 2017

French mathematician

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Lived 1920 – 2017 (aged 96). Édith Mourier was a French mathematician.

Édith Mourier (21 December 1920 - 19 December 2017) was a French mathematician, specialising in probability theory. She is remembered in particular for the , used to quantify the difference between two measurements.

In 1952, Mourier was appointed director of research at French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). After defending her doctoral thesis, Mourier was appointed director of research at the CNRS until 1956 when she became a lecturer at the University of Poitiers, then at the University of Paris from 1967 to 1987. For the remainder of her career she was active in the LPMA laboratory. She studied mathematics at the Sorbonne. a field of mathematical research which was somewhat neglected in France at the time.

In 1952, Mourier was appointed director of research at CNRS after defending her doctoral thesis on "Random elements in a Banach space" . and it was announced by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo following the recommendations of a committee led by Isabelle Vauglin of Femmes et Sciences and Jean-François Martins, representing the operating company which runs the Eiffel Tower.

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University of Paris
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Who was Édith Mourier?

French mathematician (1920–2017)

When was Édith Mourier born?

Édith Mourier was born on 21 December 1920 in Cherbourg.

When did Édith Mourier die?

Édith Mourier died on 15 December 2017 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.

What was Édith Mourier's occupation?

Édith Mourier was a mathematician.

What nationality was Édith Mourier?

Édith Mourier was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Édith Mourier

· Wikidata: Q102217375

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