Georges Giraud

Georges Julien Giraud (22 July 1889 – 16 March 1943) was a French mathematician, working in potential theory, partial differential equations, singular integrals and singular integral equations: he is mainly known for his solution of the regular oblique derivative problem and also for his extension to n–dimensional (n ≥ 2) singular integral equations of the concept of symbol of a singular integral, previously introduced by Solomon Mikhlin.

Georges Giraud a été plusieurs fois lauréat de notre Académie.

— Élie Cartan, (Cartan 1943, p. 518).

The scientific work of Georges Giraud was widely acknowledged and earned him several prizes, mainly, but not exclusively, awarded him by the French Academy of Sciences: he was seven times recipient of academy prizes.

In 1919, he was awarded the "Prix Francœur" for his work on the theory of automorphic functions: the members of the commission who examined his work and nominated him were Camille Jordan, Paul Appell, Marie Georges Humbert, Jacques Hadamard, Édouard Goursat, Joseph Boussinesq, Léon Lecornu and Émile Picard (the relator). For the same motivation, On 17 December 1923 he was awarded the "Gustave Roux" prize.

In 1924 he won the Hirn Foundation Prize, for his whole scientific work: he won again the same prize in 1935, for his work on singularities of boundary value problems in the theory of partial differential equations.

In 1928 Giraud won the "Grand Prix des sciences Mathématiques" for his work in the theory of partial differential equations: for the same motivation, in 1930 he was also awarded the "Prix Houllevigue". In the same year, he was also awarded the prize of the Lasserre foundation.

In 1933 he was recipient of the Prix Saintour, for his work on partial differential and integral equations.