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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1893-02-03 ) 3 February 1893, Sidi Bel Abbès , French Algeria
- Died
- 19 March 1978 (1978-03-19) (aged 85), Paris
- Alma mater
- École Normale Supérieure University of Paris
- Known for
- Julia set
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- University of Paris
- Doctoral advisor
- Marie Georges Humbert Charles Émile Picard
- Doctoral students
- Claude Chevalley Jacques Dixmier
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Sidi Bel Abbès
- Place of death
- 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Lycée Janson-de-Sailly
- Languages spoken
- French
- Notable work
- Julia set
- Doctoral advisor
- Charles Émile Picard
- Field of work
- dynamical systems theory
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- line infantry
- Military rank
- lieutenant
- Image
- Gustav Herglotz, Gaston Julia.jpeg
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- date of birth
- 1893-02-03
- date of death
- 1978-03-19
- name in native language
- Gaston Julia
- relative
- Ernest Chausson
- birth name
- Gaston Maurice Julia
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Gaston Maurice Julia (3 February 1893 – 19 March 1978) was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot; the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related. He founded, independently with Pierre Fatou, the modern theory of holomorphic dynamics.
Military service
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaston Julia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.