Jacques Tits

Jacques Tits (born August 12, 1930) is a Belgian mathematician. He has written and cowritten a large number of papers on a number of subjects, principally algebra.

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August 12 - 1930 - Belgian - Mathematician - Algebra

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He introduced the theory of buildings, which are combinatorial structures on which groups act, in many cases of interest in algebraic group theory (including finite groups, and groups defined over the p-adic numbers). The related theory of (B,N) pairs is a basic tool in the theory of groups of Lie type.

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Algebraic group - Finite group - P-adic number - (B,N) pair - Groups of Lie type

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Tits received the Cantor Medal from the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (German Mathematical Society) in 1996.

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Cantor Medal - Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung - 1996

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