Guy Hirsch (20 September 1915 – 4 August 1993)[1] was a Belgian mathematician and philosopher of mathematics, who worked on algebraic topology and epistemology of mathematics.
Guy Hirsch | |
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| Born | 20 September 1915 |
| Died | 4 August 1993 (aged 77) |
| Alma mater | Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Known for | algebraic topology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Université libre de Bruxelles |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Errera |
He became a member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts in 1973.
He is known for the Leray–Hirsch theorem, a basic result on the algebraic topology of fiber bundles that he proved independently of Jean Leray in the late 1940s.