caption death_date death_place birth_place awards fields workplaces birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
armand borel in bonn , 1967 . 11 august 2003 princeton , new jersey , united states la chaux-de-fonds , switzerland leroy p. steele prize -lrb- 1991 -rrb- mathematics institute for advanced study 21 may 1923 armand_borel . jpg armand borel
 armand borel eth zürich
armand borel

armand borel -lrb- 21 may 1923 -- 11 august 2003 -rrb- was a swiss mathematician , born in la chaux-de-fonds , and was a permanent professor at the institute for advanced study in princeton , new jersey , united states from 1957 to 1993 .
he worked in algebraic topology , in the theory of lie groups , and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups .
