Émile Cotton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Émile Cotton

French mathematician

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1872

Place of Birth: Bourg-en-Bresse, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1950

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Émile Clément Cotton (5 February 1872 – 14 March 1950) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Grenoble.
His PhD thesis studied differential geometry in three dimensions, with the introduction of the Cotton tensor.
He held the professorship from 1904 until his 1942 retirement.
He was the brother of Aimé Cotton.