Élie Cartan

Élie Joseph Cartan was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems, and differential geometry. He also made significant contributions to general relativity and indirectly to quantum mechanics.

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Who was born first?

• Élie Cartan and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson were born the same year
• Élie Cartan and Valdemar Poulsen were born the same year
• Élie Cartan and Stanisław Wojciechowski were born the same year
• Élie Cartan and Hans Spemann were born the same year
• Élie Cartan and Dmitri Egorov were born the same year

Timeline

1. Charles Thomson Rees WilsonFebruary 14, 1869 – November 15, 1959
2. Dmitri EgorovDecember 22, 1869 – September 10, 1931
3. Élie Cartan (this page)April 9, 1869 – May 6, 1951
4. Hans SpemannJune 27, 1869 – September 12, 1941
5. Stanisław WojciechowskiMarch 15, 1869 – April 9, 1953
6. Valdemar PoulsenNovember 23, 1869 – July 23, 1942

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• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716