Émile Cotton

Émile Clément Cotton (5 February 1872 – 14 March 1950) 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.[1] He held the professorship from 1904 until his 1942 retirement.

He was awarded the Legion of Honor.[2]

His brother was Aimé Cotton; their father was a mathematics professor.[3]

Publications

  • Cours de mécanique générale. Introduction à l'étude de la mécanique industrielle (1920) [4]

References

  1. ↑ Cotton, É. (1899). "Sur les variétés à trois dimensions". Ann. Fac. Sci. Toulouse. II (in French). 1 (4): 385–438. doi:10.5802/afst.160. Archived from the original on 2023-01-08. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. ↑ "Base de Donnees Leonore website, Émile Cotton". Archived from the original on 2025-05-23. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  3. ↑ Bates, L. F. (1951). "Prof. Aimé Auguste Cotton". Nature. 167 (4258): 923. doi:10.1038/167923a0. Archived from the original on 2025-04-17. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  4. ↑ University of Pennsylvania website, Online Books section, Cours de mécanique générale. Introduction à l'étude de la mécanique industrielle


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