Pierre Cartier (1932-2024)

It is with great sadness that IHES shares the news of the passing of Pierre Cartier, aged 92, this Saturday, August 17, 2024.

Pierre Cartier, graduate of École Normale Supérieure and CNRS research director in mathematics, was a researcher at IHES from 1971 to 1982. He remained close to the Institute ever since.

An active member of the Bourbaki group from 1955 to 1983, he is known in particular for his theory of commutative formal groups, as well as for his work on typical curves, quantum groups, symmetric functions in combinatorics, and Hopf algebras.

Tribute to Pierre Cartier by Michel Broué (in French)

Tribute to Pierre Cartier by Francis Brown

Tribute to Pierre Cartier by Alain Connes (in French)

Tribute to Pierre Cartier by Luc Illusie

Tribute to Pierre Cartier by Cédric Villani (in French)

Tribute to Pierre Cartier by Michel Waldschmidt (in French)

Read Pierre Cartier’s text written for the book The Unravelers by Jean-François Dars, Annick Lesne and Anne Papillault here.