Jacques Tits
Belgian mathematician (1930–2021)
Died aged 91LeoFrance
Biography
Jacques Tits (French: [ʒak tits]; 12 August 1930 – 5 December 2021) was a Belgian-born French mathematician who worked on group theory and incidence geometry. He introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, the Tits group, and the Tits metric.
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Career highlights
Employers / organisations
- University of Bonn
- Collège de France
- Free University of Brussels
Notable works
- Tits building
- Tits alternative
- Kneser–Tits conjecture
- Tits group
- Tits metric
- (B, N) pair
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Marie-Jeanne Tits-Dieuaide
Awards & honours (10)
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Officer of the National Order of Merit
- Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Abel Prize
- Cantor medal
- Honorary doctors of Ghent University
- Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain
- Prix de l'Etat
- Wolf Prize in Mathematics
Quick answers about Jacques Tits
- How old was Jacques Tits?
- Jacques Tits died on December 5, 2021 at the age of 91.
- When is Jacques Tits's birthday?
- Jacques Tits was born on August 12, 1930.
- Where was Jacques Tits born?
- Jacques Tits was born in Uccle.
- What is Jacques Tits's zodiac sign?
- Jacques Tits's zodiac sign is Leo.
- What is Jacques Tits's nationality?
- Jacques Tits is a citizen of France, Belgium.
- What does Jacques Tits do?
- Jacques Tits is known as mathematician, university teacher, professor.
- Who has Jacques Tits been married to?
- According to Wikidata, Jacques Tits's spouse is or was Marie-Jeanne Tits-Dieuaide.
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