Laurent Schwartz

Laurent Schwartz
Born	(1915-03-05)5 March 1915 Paris, France
Died	4 July 2002(2002-07-04) (aged 87) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Known for	Theory of Distributions Schwartz kernel theorem Schwartz space Schwartz–Bruhat function Radonifying operator Cylinder set measure
Awards	Fields Medal (1950)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Strasbourg University of Nancy University of Grenoble École Polytechnique Université de Paris VII
Doctoral advisor	Georges Valiron
Doctoral students	Maurice Audin Georges Glaeser Alexander Grothendieck Jacques-Louis Lions Bernard Malgrange André Martineau Bernard Maurey Leopoldo Nachbin Henri Hogbe Nlend Gilles Pisier François Treves

Laurent-Moïse Schwartz (French: [ʃvaʁts]; 5 March 1915 – 4 July 2002) was a French mathematician. He pioneered the theory of distributions, which gives a well-defined meaning to objects such as the Dirac delta function. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1950 for his work on the theory of distributions. For several years he taught at the École polytechnique.