Pierre Gabriel

Summary

Pierre Gabriel (1 August 1933[1] – 24 November 2015), also known as Peter Gabriel, was a French mathematician at the University of Strasbourg (1962–1970), University of Bonn (1970–1974) and University of Zürich (1974–1998) who worked on category theory, algebraic groups, and representation theory of algebras. He was elected a correspondent member of the French Academy of Sciences in November 1986.[2]

Pierre Gabriel
Born(1933-08-01)1 August 1933
Died24 November 2015(2015-11-24) (aged 82)
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forGabriel's theorem
Gabriel quotient
Gabriel–Zisman localization
Gabriel–Rosenberg reconstruction theorem
Gabriel–Popescu embedding theorem
AwardsPrix Francoeur (1972)
ICM Plenary Speaker (1986)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Zurich
University of Bonn
University of Strasbourg
Thesis Des catégories abéliennes  (1961)
Doctoral advisorAlexander Grothendieck
Doctoral studentsBernhard Keller
Christine Riedtmann

His most famous result is Gabriel's theorem that provides a classification of all quivers of finite type.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Pierre Peter Gabriel Mathematics". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Edition de Sarreguemines Bitche - Décès de Pierre Gabriel militant du bilinguisme". republicain-lorrain.fr.
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