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Armand Borel (21 May 1923 – 11 August 2003) was a Swiss mathematician, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, and was a permanent professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States from 1957 to 1993.
Aug 11, 2003 · Armand Borel was a Swiss mathematician who worked in algebraic topology and in the theory of linear algebraic groups. View five larger pictures. Biography. Armand Borel attended secondary school in Geneva but was also educated at a number of private schools.
Aug 14, 2003 · Armand Borel, a Swiss-born mathematician who became a towering figure in the development of modern mathematics, died on Monday in Princeton, N.J. He was 80. The cause was cancer, said his...
Armand Borel, an internationally recognized mathematician whose work was fundamental to the development and formation of modern mathematics, died on August 11 in Princeton, New Jersey.
Armand Borel. 1992 Balzan Prize for Mathematics. For his fundamental contributions to the theory of Lie groups, algebraic groups, and arithmetic groups, and for his indefatigable action in favour of high quality in mathematical research and the propagation of new ideas.
Armand Borel was a leading mathematician of the twen-tieth century. A native of Switzerland, he spent most of his professional life in Princeton, New Jersey, where he passed away after a short illness in 2003.
Armand Borel’s research lays at the foundations of much of today’s mathematics, particularly in the fields of topological, algebraic, and arithmetic groups. A strong believer in the written record, he often wrote expositions of the research of others, and devoted enormous energy to editorial work.
