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Georges Lemaître

Biography MathSciNet

Docteur en Sciences / Ph.D. Université Catholique de Louvain / Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1920 / 1927

Dissertation: l'approximation des fonctions de plusieurs variables réelles / The gravitational field in a fluid

Advisor 1: Charles-Jean de La Vallée Poussin
Advisor 2: Harlow Shapley

Students:
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Name	School	Year	Descendants
Louis Bouckaert	Université Catholique de Louvain	1934	120
Andre Deprit	Université Catholique de Louvain	1957	21
Rene DeVogelaere			4

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