Biography:Jean Favard

Jean Favard
Oberwolfach 1963]
Born	(1902-08-28)28 August 1902 Peyrat-la-Nonière, France
Died	21 January 1965(1965-01-21) (aged 62) La Tronche, France
Nationality	France
Known for	Affine geometry of curves Favard constant Favard length Favard operator Favard theorem Akhiezer–Krein–Favard theorem Bohr–Favard inequality
Awards	Prix Francoeur (1934) Peccot Lecture (1929)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics

Jean Favard (28 August 1902 – 21 January 1965) was a French mathematician who worked on analysis.

Favard was born in Peyrat-la-Nonière. During World War II he was a prisoner of war in Germany.

He also was a President of the French Mathematical Society in 1946. He died in La Tronche, aged 62.

See also

• Favard measure (see [1])
• Favard inequality (see [2])
• Favard interpolation
• Favard problem (see [3])

External links

• COMITE DES AMIS DE JEAN-FAVARD
• The Lycée Jean Favard is named after him.
• Here Favard is mentioned as a prisoner of war.