Maurice Audin

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Maurice Audin
Maurice and Josette Audin
Born	(1932-02-14)14 February 1932 Béja, Tunisia
Died	c. 21 June 1957(1957-06-21) (aged 25)
Citizenship	French
Alma mater	University of Algiers
Children	Michèle Audin
Scientific career
Thesis	On linear equations in a vector space  (1957)
Doctoral advisor	René de Possel

Maurice Audin (14 February 1932 – c. 21 June 1957) was a renowned French mathematics assistant at the University of Algiers, a member of the Algerian Communist Party and an activist in the anticolonialist cause, who died under torture by the French state during the Battle of Algiers.^[1]

In the centre of Algiers, beside the university, the intersection of streets bearing the names of several other heroes of the Algerian Revolution is called the Place Maurice-Audin.^[2] He is also memorialized by the Maurice Audin Prize, sponsored by the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles, the Société Mathématique de France, and others, and granted biennially to an Algerian mathematician working in Algeria and a French mathematician working in France.^[3]