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Raoul Bott (September 24, – December 20, ) was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its....

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Born

24 September 1923
Budapest, Hungary

Died

20 December 2005
San Diego, USA

Summary

Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-born mathematician who made fundamental contributions to topology and differential geometry.

Biography

Raoul Bott's father was a Roman Catholic of Austrian descent, while his mother was Jewish of Hungarian descent.

His parents split up soon after he was born and he was brought up by his mother as a Catholic.

Raoul Bott's father was a Roman Catholic of Austrian descent, while his mother was Jewish of Hungarian descent.

Raoul's mother was Hungarian and Jewish, whereas his father was Austrian and Catholic.

Raoul Bott (September 24, – December 20, ) was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its.

Raoul Bott passed away on December 20, Over a five-decade career he made many profound and fundamental contri- butions to geometry and topology.

Raoul Bott was born in Budapest on 24 September but lived, until the age of 16 years, in Slovakia.

His mother remarried and Raoul lived with his mother and step father, who was a German speaking Czech, in Slovakia. His early education was not a great success, and he certainly did not show the great potential that, with hindsight, we can now say that he must have had.

In fact he showed more promise at using his hands than at the more academic side of education. Even as a very young boy he began experimenting with electricity and building pieces of electrical apparatus.

If his early education was not successful it was certainly