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Revision as of 04:19, 4 August 2005 by RattleMan (talk | contribs) (Fixed birth/death dates)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Maurice Fréchet (September 2, 1878-June 4, 1973) was a French mathematician. In 1906, he introduced the concept of metric space, and was one of the founders of functional analysis. See also Fréchet space and Fréchet derivative.
External link
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "René Maurice Fréchet", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews