Georges Giraud

Georges Giraud
Born(1889-07-22)22 July 1889
Saint-Étienne
Died16 March 1943(1943-03-16) (aged 53)
Bonny-sur-Loire
NationalityFrench
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure 1915
Known for
Awards
  • Prix Francœur (1919)
  • Prix Gustave Roux (1923)
  • Hirn Foundation prize (1925 and 1935)
  • Grand Prix for mathematical sciences (1928)
  • Prix Houllevigue (1930)
  • Lasserre foundation prize (1930)
  • Prix Saintour (1933)
  • Prize of the Annali della Reale Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (1935)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversité Clermont-Ferrand (now Université Blaise Pascal).
Doctoral advisorCharles Émile Picard

Georges Julien Giraud (22 July 1889 – 16 March 1943) was a French mathematician, working in potential theory, partial differential equations, singular integrals and singular integral equations: he is mainly known for his solution of the regular oblique derivative problem and also for his extension to n–dimensional (n ≥ 2) singular integral equations of the concept of symbol of a singular integral, previously introduced by Solomon Mikhlin.

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