Jean Favard

Oberwolfach 1963

Jean Favard (28 August 1902 – 21 January 1965) was a French mathematician who worked on analysis.

Favard was born in Peyrat-la-Nonière. During World War II he was a prisoner of war in Germany.

He also was a President of the French Mathematical Society in 1946. He died in La Tronche, aged 62.

See also[]

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• Favard constant
• Favard–Akhiezer–Krein theorem
• Favard theorem
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• Favard operators

External links[]

• COMITE DES AMIS DE JEAN-FAVARD
• The Lycée Jean Favard is named after him.
• Here Favard is mentioned as a prisoner of war.
• Media related to Jean Favard (mathematician) at Wikimedia Commons