List of Swiss People - Mathematics

Mathematics

  • Paul Bernays (1888–1977), made significant contributions to mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, and the philosophy of mathematics
  • Daniel Bernoulli (1700–1782), mathematician and physicist
  • Jakob Bernoulli (1654–1705), Swiss mathematician
  • Johann Bernoulli (1667–1748), Swiss mathematician
  • Armand Borel (1923–2003), mathematician
  • Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), mathematician and geometer
  • Michel Plancherel (1885–1967), mathematician
  • Georges de Rham (1903–1990), mathematician
  • Ludwig Schläfli (1814–1895), mathematician
  • Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), mathematician and physicist
  • Edward Kofler (1911–2007), mathematician
  • Konrad Osterwalder, mathematician and physicist

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