Georges Reeb

Georges Henri Reeb (12 November 1920 – 6 November 1993) was a French mathematician. He worked in differential topology, differential geometry, differential equations, topological dynamical systems theory and non-standard analysis.

Georges Reeb
Born(1920-11-12)12 November 1920
Saverne, France
Died6 November 1993(1993-11-06) (aged 72)
Strasbourg, France
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Strasbourg
Known forFoliation
Reeb foliation
Reeb graph
Reeb sphere theorem
Reeb stability theorem
Reeb vector field
AwardsPrize Petit-D'Ormoy (1971)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Strasbourg
Thesis Propriétés topologiques des variétés feuilletées  (1948)
Doctoral advisorCharles Ehresmann
Doctoral studentsClaude Godbillon
Jean Martinet
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