About Paul Montel
Lived 1876 – 1975 (aged 98). Paul Montel was a French mathematician and university teacher, known for Montel space, Montel's theorem and Normal family.
Paul Antoine Aristide Montel (29 April 1876 – 22 January 1975) was a French mathematician. He was born in Nice, France and died in Paris, France. He researched mostly on holomorphic functions in complex analysis.
Montel was a student of Émile Borel at the Sorbonne. Henri Cartan, Jean Dieudonné and Miron Nicolescu were among his students.
Montel's most important contribution to mathematics was the introduction and systematic development of the notion of normal family. This very influential book also contains the first exposition in the book form of the results of Pierre Fatou and Gaston Julia on holomorphic dynamics. The notion of normal family was a predecessor of the notion of compact space introduced by Pavel Alexandrov and Pavel Urysohn in 1929.
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Who was Paul Montel?
French mathematician (1876-1975)
When was Paul Montel born?
Paul Montel was born on 29 April 1876 in Nice.
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Paul Montel died on 22 January 1975 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Paul Montel was a mathematician and university teacher.
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Paul Montel was known for Montel space, Montel's theorem and Normal family.
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Paul Montel was French.
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