Émile Cotton

Émile Clément Cotton (5 February 1872 – 14 March 1950) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Grenoble. His PhD thesis studied differential geometry in three dimensions, with the introduction of the Cotton tensor.[1] He held the professorship from 1904 until his 1942 retirement. He was the brother of Aimé Cotton.

References

1. Cotton, É. (1899). "Sur les variétés à trois dimensions". Ann. Fac. Sci. Toulouse. II (in French). 1 (4): 385–438. doi:10.5802/afst.160.