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Jules Henri Poincare

  • Birth`

    Born in Nancy, France . His father Leon Poincare was a professor of medicide at the University of Nancy.
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    Lycee

    Henri enrolled in the Lycee in Nancy. While he was there he recieved top marks in virtually every subject he studied. His teacher in mathematics described him as a "monster in mathematics".

    Henri competed in a country-wide competition between all the top students and won first prize
  • Served in Ambulance Corps

    Henri served in the Ambulance Corps during the Franco-Prussian war with his father, Leon.
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    Ecole Polytechnique

    Henri attended and graduated Ecole Polytechnique as a top-qualifier. It was here where he studied under Charles Hermite .
  • Demonstration nouvelle des proprietes de l'indicatrice d'une surface

    Henri publishes his first paper while studying under Charles Hermite.
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    Ecole des Mines

    Studied at Ecole des Mines . He continued his study in mathematics along with the ordinary mining syllabus.
  • Recieved degree of ordinary mining engineer

  • Graduated from the University of Paris

  • Junior lecturer at the university of Caen

    Henri began teaching mathematics at the University of Paris. It was here where he released his first major work that involved the treatment of a certain class of automorphic functions.
  • Faculty of Science teacher at the University of Paris

    Position taken in 1881
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    Creation of a new branch of mathematics

    Henri creates a branch of mathematics. This branch is know as qualitive theory of differential equations. It was in this field where he showed that ir would be possible to collect the most pertinent information about the behavior of a family of solutions without actually solving the equation. He then further proved this by successfully using it in problems involving celestial mechanics and mathematical physics.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPOwadPPvlw
  • Married

    Married to Louise Poulin d'Andesi
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    Mathematical Analysis teacher at Ecole Polytechnique

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    President of the French astronomical society

  • Death

    Died from an embolism after surgery for a prosate problem.
  • Reburied in the Pantheon Paris

    This was reserved for the citizens of the highest honor