René-Louis Baire Scientist

René-Louis Baire (French: [bɛʁ]; 21 January 1874 – 5 July 1932) was a French mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. His theory was published originally in his dissertation Sur les fonctions de variable réelles ("On the Functions of Real Variables") in 1899.

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René-Louis Baire
Birth dateJanuary 21, 1874
Birth place
Paris
Nationality
France
Date of deathJuly 05, 1932
Place of death
Chambéry
Education
École Normale Supérieure
Known for
Baire category theorem

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Scientist

doctoral student
Field of study
Mathematics

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