Georges Matheron Scientist

Georges François Paul Marie Matheron (December 2, 1930 – August 7, 2000) was a French mathematician and geologist, known as the founder of geostatistics and a co-founder (together with Jean Serra) of mathematical morphology. In 1968 he created the Centre de Géostatistique et de Morphologie Mathématique at the Paris School of Mines in Fontainebleau. He is known for his contributions on Kriging and mathematical morphology. His seminal work is posted for study and review to the Online Library of the Centre de Géostatistique, Fontainebleau, France.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 02, 1930
Nationality
France
Date of deathAugust 07, 2000

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
Paul Lévy (mathematician)
doctoral student
Field of study
Mathematics

Topical connections

Alexandre BrongniartScientist
Émile HaugScientist
Émile BorelScientist
Jean SerraScientist
Élie CartanScientist

Georges Matheron on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://cmm.ensmp.fr/~serra/pdf/birth_of_mm.pdf
  2. http://www.annales.org/archives/x/matheron.html
  3. http://www.cg.ensmp.fr/bibliotheque/1988/FORMERY/Publication/DOC_00617/FORMERY_Publication_00617.pdf
  4. http://www.cg.ensmp.fr/bibliotheque/cgi-bin/public/bibli_index.cgi
  5. http://www.general.monash.edu.au/ss/pdf/vol19no3/Obituaries_01.pdf
  6. http://www.geosciences.mines-paristech.fr/fr/equipes/geostatistique/georges-matheron
  7. http://www.geostatscam.com
  8. http://www.geostatscam.com/Adobe/G_Matheron.pdf
  9. http://www.iamg.org
  10. http://www.iamg.org/special-lectures/matheron-lecturer.html