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henri cartan strasbourg , france france mathematics university of grenoble -lrb- joseph fourier university -rrb- 03 january 1921 koszul complex koszul formula eugène okassa jean-louis koszul.jpg jean-louis koszul
 jean-louis koszul university of strasbourg
jean-louis koszul

jean-louis koszul -lrb- ; born january 3 , 1921 -rrb- is a french mathematician best known for studying geometry and discovering the koszul complex .
he was a second generation member of bourbaki .
he was educated at the lycée fustel-de-coulanges in strasbourg before studying at the faculty of science in strasbourg and the faculty of science in paris .
he has lectured at many universities and was appointed professor in the faculty of science at grenoble in 1963 .
he is a member of the french academy of sciences .
koszul is the cousin of the french composer henri dutilleux .
their grandfather , the composer julien koszul , was a close friend of gabriel fauré .
koszul married denise reyss-brion on july 17 , 1948 .
they had three children : michel , bertrand , and anne .
