Background
Kahane, Jean-Pierre was born on December 11, 1926 in Paris. Son of Ernest and Marcelle (Wurtz) Kahane.
Kahane, Jean-Pierre was born on December 11, 1926 in Paris. Son of Ernest and Marcelle (Wurtz) Kahane.
License, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, 1946. Doctor of Science, University Paris, 1954. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Southampton, England, 1991.
Doctor of Science (honorary), University Laval, 1992. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Sherbrooke, 1996. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Uppsala, 2000.
Associate professor, U. Montpellier, France, 1954-1957; professor, U. Montpellier, France, 1957-1961; professor, U. Paris, Orsay, France, since 1961.
Member Society Mathematics France (president 1972-1973), ICMI, Academy of Sciences of Paris, Hungary and Poland.
Married Agnes Kaczander, July 11, 1951. Children: Genevieve, Françoise, Catherine.