Henri Cartan, one of the world’s foremost mathematicians in the last half of the 20th century, died Aug. 13 in Paris. He was 104. The cause of death was not reported. Almost all of Cartan’s ...

Henri Cartan, a mathematician known for meticulous proofs and for inspiring a revival of mathematics in France after World War II, died in Paris on Aug. 13. He was 104. His death was confirmed by ...

Cartan: his Homological Algebra, published in 1956, remains a standard text Henri Cartan , who died on August 13 aged 104, inherited the mathematical genius of his father, Elie Cartan, and made ...