Camille Jordan

Camille Jordan
Born(1838-01-05)5 January 1838
Died22 January 1922(1922-01-22) (aged 84)
Paris
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole polytechnique
Known forJordan curve theorem
Jordan decomposition
Jordan normal form
Jordan matrix
Jordan measure
Jordan totient function
Jordan's inequality
Jordan's lemma
Jordan's theorem (symmetric group)
Jordan–Chevalley decomposition
Jordan–Hölder theorem
Jordan–Pólya numbers
Jordan–Schur theorem
Jordan–Schönflies theorem
Bounded variation
Homotopy group
k-edge-connected graph
Total variation
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Academic advisorsVictor Puiseux and Joseph Alfred Serret

Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (French: [ʒɔʁdɑ̃]; 5 January 1838 – 22 January 1922) was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his influential Cours d'analyse.