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Saturday, June 25, 2022

Basic timeline of Henri Poincaré

This post is a basic timeline of mathematician and physicist Henri Poincaré (1854-1912). There are 19 events listed below chronologically.

• 1854: Born in Nancy, France
• 1870: Served in Franco-Prussian War in the Ambulance Corps
• 1873: Enrolls at the École Polytechnique
• 1875-1878: Studies at the École des Mines
• 1878: Becomes inspector for the Corps des Mines
• 1879: Graduates from the University of Paris
• 1879: Begins teaching at the University of Caen
• 1881: Begins teaching at the University of Paris
• 1881: Uses hyperboloid model to describe hyperbolic geometry
• 1881-1882: Establishes qualitative theory of differential equations
• 1883-1897: Teaches at the École Polytechnique
• 1887: Proposes solution to the three-body problem
• 1892: Proposes mathematical theory of light
• 1894: Publishes paper on topology
• 1900: Discovers relation between energy and mass
• 1904: Proposes Poincaré conjecture
• 1905: Discovers relativistic velocity transformations
• 1905: Proposes theory of gravitational waves
• 1912: Died at age 58 in Paris, France

Sources

Wikipedia: Henri Poincaré, Poincaré conjecture