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Raoul Bott

Hungarian-born mathematician

Died when: 82 years 87 days (986 months)
Star Sign: Libra

 

Raoul Bott

Raoul Bott (September 24, 1923 – December 20, 2005) was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense.He is best known for his Bott periodicity theorem, the Morse–Bott functions which he used in this context, and the Borel–Bott–Weil theorem.


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