Camille Jordan | |
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| Born | 5 January 1838 |
| Died | 22 January 1922 (aged 84) Paris |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École polytechnique |
| Known for | Jordan 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 | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Academic advisors | Victor 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.