Lucien Godeaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lucien Godeaux

mathematician

Date of Birth: 11-Oct-1887

Place of Birth: Morlanwelz, Wallonia, Belgium

Date of Death: 11-Oct-1975

Profession: mathematician

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Lucien Godeaux (1887–1975) was a prolific Belgian mathematician.
His total of more than 1000 papers and books, 669 of which are found in Mathematical Reviews, made him one of the most published mathematicians.
He was the sole author of all but one of his papers.He is best remembered for work in algebraic geometry.
From Liège, he was attracted to the work of the Italian school of algebraic geometry by the work of one of its masters, Federigo Enriques.
Godeaux went to Bologna to study with him.
The Godeaux surface is a construction of a special type, which has subsequently been much studied.