Elon Lages Lima

Elon Lages Lima (July 9, 1929 – May 7, 2017)Circe Mary Silva da Silva, "Entrevista: Elon Lages Lima ", Revista Matemática Universitária, Number 33, December 2002, pp. 97–120. was a Brazilian mathematician. His research concerns differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry. Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil.

Lima was professor emeritus at Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada of  which he was the director during three separate periods.

Related pages
 List of Brazilian scientists

References

Other websites
 Silva, C. P. . "Sobre o início e consolidação da pesquisa matemática no Brasil, Parte 2", Revista Brasileira de História da Matemática (RBHM), Vol. 6, n. 12, p. 165-196, 2006 

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