In the history of mathematics, Maurice L'Abbé is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Maurice L'Abbé as Canadian academic and mathematician (1920–2006).
Maurice L'Abbé was born at Ottawa in 1920. His recorded nationality is Canada. He studied at Princeton University and Université de Montréal.
Twentieth-century mathematics became abstract and highly specialised, and its methods reached into physics, economics and computing.
His academic posts were held at Université de Montréal.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
Recognition followed: Officer of the National Order of Quebec (1993).
That the work was done from Canada matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Maurice L'Abbé died in 2006, aged 86. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Officer of the National Order of Quebec — 1993
- Held posts at Université de Montréal
