Jean Giraud
Born(1936-02-02)2 February 1936
Died28 March 2007(2007-03-28) (aged 71)
NationalityFrench
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forGiraud subcategory
Giraud's axioms
Gerbe
Sieve
Stacks
Twisted sheaf
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorAlexander Grothendieck

Jean Giraud (French: [ʒiʁo]; 2 February 1936 – 27 or 28 March 2007)[1][2] was a French mathematician, a student of Alexander Grothendieck.[3] His research focused on non-abelian cohomology and the theory of topoi. In particular, he authored the book Cohomologie non-abélienne (Springer, 1971) and proved the theorem that bears his name, which gives a characterization of a Grothendieck topos.[4]

From 1969 to 1989, he was a professor at École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud.[1]

From 1993 to 1994, he was deputy director for research of École normale supérieure de Lyon, where he was made interim director in 1994 and director from 1995 to 2000.[2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Giraud, Jean (1936–2007)". BnF catalogue général. Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
  2. 1 2 "Un dernier hommage à Jean Giraud" Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Philippe Gillet, ENS Info 70, April 2007.
  3. Jean Giraud at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. "Giraud's theorem". nlab. 13 November 2021.


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