Guy Hirsch
Belgian mathematician and professor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guy Hirsch (20 September 1915 – 4 August 1993)[1] was a Belgian mathematician and philosopher of mathematics, who worked on algebraic topology and epistemology of mathematics.
Born20 September 1915
Died4 August 1993 (aged 77)
AlmamaterUniversité libre de Bruxelles
Knownforalgebraic topology
Guy Hirsch | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 September 1915 |
| Died | 4 August 1993 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Known for | algebraic topology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Errera |
He became a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in 1973.
He is known for the Leray–Hirsch theorem, a basic result on the algebraic topology of fiber bundles that he proved independently of Jean Leray in the late 1940s.
