Émile Cotton

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1872 –

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Who is Émile Cotton?

Émile Clément Cotton was a professor of mathematics at the University of Grenoble. His PhD thesis studied differential geometry in three dimensions, with the introduction of the Cotton tensor. He held the professorship from 1904 until his 1942 retirement. He was the brother of Aimé Cotton.

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Feb 5, 1872

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on July 23, 2013

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