About Robert Fortet
Lived 1912 – 1998 (aged 86). Robert Fortet was a French mathematician and university teacher.
Robert Fortet (1 May 1912, Boulazac, France – 3 July 1998, Paris) was a French mathematician working on analysis. His doctoral advisor was Maurice René Fréchet.
Fortet was a professor at the University of Caen and at the University of Paris. Some of his Ph.D. students in Paris were Egon Balas, Jyotiprasad Medhi and Jacques Neveu.
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Who was Robert Fortet?
French mathematician (1912–1998)
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Robert Fortet was born on 1 May 1912 in Boulazac.
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Robert Fortet died on 3 July 1998 in Paris.
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Robert Fortet was a mathematician and university teacher.
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Robert Fortet was French.
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