Étienne Halphen

Étienne Halphen
Born(1911-05-27)27 May 1911
Bordeaux, France
Died11 August 1954(1954-08-11) (aged 43)
Neuilly-sur-Marne, France
Resting placeCemetery Montparnasse, Paris, France
48°50′17″N 2°19′37″E / 48.838°N 2.327°E / 48.838; 2.327 (Étienne Halphen's grave)
NationalityFrench
CitizenshipFrench
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsSociete hydro-technique de France; Électricité de France

Étienne Halphen (27 May 1911, in Bordeaux – 11 August 1954, in Neuilly-sur-Marne) was a French mathematician. He was known for his work in geometry, on probability distributions and information theory.

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