Jacques Tits
Belgian mathematician (1930–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jacques Tits (French: [tits]; 12 August 1930 – 5 December 2021) was a Belgium-born French mathematician. He worked on group theory and incidence geometry. He introduced Tits buildings, the Tits alternative, and the Tits group.
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Jacques Tits | |
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Born | (1930-08-12)12 August 1930 Uccle, Belgium |
Died | 5 December 2021(2021-12-05) (aged 91) |
Citizenship | Belgian (1930–1974) French (since 1974) |
Known for | The Tits group, the Tits alternative, Tits buildings |
Awards | Cantor medal (1996) Abel Prize (2008, with John G. Thompson) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Free University of Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel University of Bonn Collège de France French Academy of Sciences |
Doctoral advisor | Paul Libois |
Doctoral students | Francis Buekenhout Jens Carsten Jantzen Karl-Otto Stöhr |
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In 2008 he was awarded the Abel Prize, along with John Griggs Thompson, “for their profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.”[1]
Tits died on 5 December 2021 at the age of 91.[2]