Jacques Dixmier Scientist

Jacques Dixmier (born 1924) is a French mathematician. He worked on operator algebras, and wrote several of the standard reference books on them, and introduced the Dixmier trace and the Dixmier mapping. He received his Ph.D. in 1949 from the University of Paris, and his students include Alain Connes.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 01, 1924
Birth place
Saint-Étienne
Nationality
France
Education
University of Paris
Known for
Dixmier conjecture
Dixmier trace

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Scientist

doctoral advisor
doctoral student
Michèle Vergne
Nicole Berline
Michel Duflo
Pierre Eymard
Field of study
Mathematics

Jacques Dixmier on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?isbn=0821805606