In the history of mathematics, Émile Jouguet is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Émile Jouguet as French mathematician and engineer (1871-1943).
Émile Jouguet was born at Bessèges in 1871. His recorded nationality is France. He studied at École polytechnique and Mines ParisTech.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
Recognition followed: Poncelet Prize (1921).
That the work was done from France matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Émile Jouguet died in 1943, aged 72. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Poncelet Prize — 1921
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