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THE death of GEORGES HUMBERT on January 22 has removed a mathematician of exceptional powers. Humbert may be compared with Clebsch, because, although he may not have invented a new mathematical engine, he showed unexpected uses i of those already provided. In his hands Abel's i theorem and Poincaré's researches on Fuchsian functions became magic keys to unlock the i treasures of geometry, and give us concrete and elegant images of analytical ideas. One of hismost characteristic works is his memoir on hyper-elliptic surfaces, for which he obtained the Bordin prize, and which was published in Liouvill's Journal. In his later years he was attracted by the theory of numbers, and published several papers on arithmetical forms. Humbert gave leej tures at the Ecole Polytechnique, and also at the i College de France.
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M. [Obituaries]. Nature 107, 84 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107084a0
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