Roger Godement

Roger Godement
Born	(1921-10-01)October 1, 1921 Le Havre
Died	July 21, 2016(2016-07-21) (aged 94)
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École Normale Supérieure
Known for	Godement compactness condition Godement resolution Bochner–Godement theorem Monad Zonal spherical function
Awards	Peccot Lecure (1951-1952)
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Paris Diderot University
Doctoral advisor	Henri Cartan
Doctoral students	Hervé Jacquet Christophe Soulé

Roger Godement (French: [ɡɔdmɑ̃]; 1 October 1921 – 21 July 2016)^[1] was a French mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis as well as his expository books.