The story of Jacques Feldbau. (Une histoire de Jacques Feldbau.) (French) Zbl 1190.01014

Audin, Michèle

La Série T. Paris: Société Mathématique de France (SMF) (ISBN 978-2-85629-277-8). 132 p. (2009).

Jacques Feldbau (1914-1945) was a French mathematician deported as a Jew during the German Occupation of France and put into the camp Auschwitz. He was a disciple of Ehresmann and was one of those whose results were essential to the origin of modern topology. The book under review provides a comprehensive information on life and scientific activities of Feldbau. Bibl. 89 items.

Reviewer: V. N. Saliĭ (Saratov)

MSC:

01A70	Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies
53-03	History of differential geometry

Keywords:

Jacques Feldbau; topology; differential geometry; mathematics in France