Michel Lazard

Michel Paul Lazard (5 December 1924 – 15 September 1987) was a French mathematician who worked in the theory of Lie groups in the context of p-adic analysis. Born in Paris, Lazard studied at the University of Paris–Sorbonne, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1954 under the direction of Albert Châtelet, with thesis titled "Sur les groupes nilpotents et les anneaux de Lie". Subsequently he was a Professor at the University of Poitiers and the University of Paris 7.

Michel Lazard

Michel Paul Lazard (5 December 1924 – 15 September 1987) was a French mathematician who worked in the theory of Lie groups in the context of p-adic analysis. Born in Paris, Lazard studied at the University of Paris–Sorbonne, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1954 under the direction of Albert Châtelet, with thesis titled "Sur les groupes nilpotents et les anneaux de Lie". Subsequently he was a Professor at the University of Poitiers and the University of Paris 7.