Camille Jordan

Camille Jordan
Born	(1838-01-05)5 January 1838 Lyon
Died	22 January 1922(1922-01-22) (aged 84) Paris
Nationality	French
Alma mater	École polytechnique
Known for	Jordan curve theorem Jordan decomposition Jordan normal form Jordan matrix Jordan measure Jordan totient function Jordan's inequality Jordan's lemma Jordan's theorem (symmetric group) Jordan–Chevalley decomposition Jordan–Hölder theorem Jordan–Pólya numbers Jordan–Schur theorem Jordan–Schönflies theorem Bounded variation Homotopy group k-edge-connected graph Total variation
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Academic advisors	Victor Puiseux and Joseph Alfred Serret

Marie Ennemond Camille Jordan (French: [ʒɔʁdɑ̃]; 5 January 1838 – 22 January 1922) was a French mathematician, known both for his foundational work in group theory and for his influential Cours d'analyse.