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René Frédéric Thom

Biography

Ph.D. Université de Paris 1951

Dissertation: Espaces fibres en spheres et carres de Steenrod

Mathematics Subject Classification: 57—Manifolds and cell complexes

Advisor: Henri Paul Cartan

Students:
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Name	School	Year	Descendants
Jean-Louis Chaboche	Université Paris VI - Pierre et Marie Curie	1978
Marc Chaperon	Université Denis Diderot - Paris VII	1980	9
Marcos Sebastiani	Université de Paris	1970
David Trotman	University of Warwick / Université Paris-Sud XI - Orsay	1978 / 1980	25

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