Ernest Corominas i Vigneaux (1913 – 24 January 1992) is a Spanish

Spain

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-French

France

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 mathematician.

Born in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, he studied architecture

Architecture

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 and mathematics

Mathematics

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 at the University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

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, graduating in 1936. He served as in officer of engineering in the Spanish Republican Army

Second Spanish Republic

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 during the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

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. In 1939 he fled to France, before moving to South America in 1940. After working six months as an architect in Chile, he moved to Argentina

Argentina

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 where Julio Rey Pastor

Julio Rey Pastor

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 offered him a lecturer position at the University of Buenos Aires

University of Buenos Aires

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.

Corominas returned to Europe, where he attained his doctorate

Doctorate

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 at the University of Paris

University of Paris

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 in 1952, under supervision of Arnaud Denjoy

Arnaud Denjoy

Arnaud Denjoy was a French mathematician.Denjoy was born in Auch, Gers. His contributions include work in harmonic analysis and differential equations. His integral was the first to be able to integrate all derivatives...

. He then lectured in Barcelona, Princeton

Princeton University

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, and Caracas, before settling in France at the University of Lyon

University of Lyon

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. In 1966, Corominas became a French citizen.

He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1953.

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