Laurent Schwartz

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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Who was born first?

• Laurent Schwartz and Norman Foster Ramsey were born the same year
• Laurent Schwartz and Robert Hofstadter were born the same year
• Laurent Schwartz and Philip Morrison were born the same year
• Laurent Schwartz and Fred Hoyle were born the same year
• Laurent Schwartz and Clifford Shull were born the same year

Timeline

1. Clifford ShullSeptember 23, 1915 – March 31, 2001
2. Fred HoyleJune 24, 1915 – August 20, 2001
3. Laurent Schwartz (this page)March 5, 1915 – July 4, 2002
4. Norman Foster RamseyAugust 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011
5. Philip MorrisonNovember 7, 1915 – April 22, 2005
6. Robert HofstadterFebruary 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990

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• 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