Paul Dubreil

Paul Dubreil (French: [dybʁɛj]; 1 March 1904 – 9 March 1994) was a French mathematician.

Paul Dubreil
Paul Dubreil in 1954 Photo courtesy of MFO
Born	(1904-03-01)1 March 1904 Le Mans, France
Died	9 March 1994(1994-03-09) (aged 90) Soisy-sur-École, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	University of Paris
Spouse	Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin
Awards	Cours Peccot (1933)[1] Prix Francoeur (1942) Grand prix des sciences mathématiques (1952)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Paris
Doctoral advisor	Charles Émile Picard
Doctoral students	Dov Tamari

He was born in Le Mans, Maine, France and died in Soisy-sur-École, France. Dubreil was married to fellow mathematician Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin.

Selected publications

Articles

• "Contribution à la théorie des demi-groupes". Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences. 63 (3): 1–52. 1941.
• "Emmy Noether". Cahiers du séminaire d'histoire des mathématiques. 7: 15–27. 1986.

Books

• Algèbre. Gauthier-Villars. 1946.^[2] (preface by Gaston Julia)
• Algèbre et théorie des nombres. Paris: Faculté de Sciences. 1956.
• with M.L. Dubreil-Jacotin: Leçons d'algèbre moderne. Dunod. 1961.^[3]
  • Lectures on Modern Algebra. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd. 1967. (English translation)
  • Lecciones de álgebra moderna. Reverté. 1971. ISBN 9788429150704. (Spanish translation by R. Rodriguez Vidal)
• Théorie des groupes; cours d'initiation. Paris: Dunod. 1972.