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Also known as Emile Borel, Felix Edouard Justin Emile Borel

French mathematician and politician (1871-1956)

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Émile Borel was a French male mathematician who lived from 1871 to 1956. He was born on January 7, 1871, and died on February 3, 1956. His professional output included 148 works, with notable titles including *Probabilités, erreurs*, *Trigonométrie*, and *Principes d'algèbre et d'analyse*. Other listed works include *Septième semaine internationale de synthèse* and *Henri Poincaré*.

Borel’s bibliography is also documented in Crossref, which lists five of his works. His contributions to mathematics have been referenced by 157 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1871
Died
1956
Works
148

Top works

  • Septième semaine internationale de synthèse
  • Probabilités, erreurs
  • Henri Poincaré
  • Trigonométrie
  • Principes d'algèbre et d'analyse

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
France
Active from
1928-02-10

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Quotes

  • Quels que soient les progrès des connaissances humaines, il y aura toujours place pour l'ignorance et par suite pour le hasard et la probabilité.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Émile
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Lyon
Occupation
researcher
Languages spoken
Esperanto
Doctoral advisor
Jean Gaston Darboux
Field of work
politics
Conflict
World War II
Image
Emile Borel-1932.jpg
Work location
Paris
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name in native language
Émile Borel
Commons category
Émile Borel (mathematician)
date of birth
1871-01-07
date of death
1956-02-03
birth name
Félix Edouard Justin Émile Borel
writing language
French
place of detention
Fresnes Prison
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Encyclopedic overview

Félix Édouard Justin Émile Borel ( French: [bɔʁɛl]; 7 January 1871 – 3 February 1956) was a French mathematician and politician. As a mathematician, he was known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Émile Borel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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