Levy, Lucien
LEVY, LUCIEN
LEVY, LUCIEN (1853–1912), French mathematician. He was born in Paris, and taught mathematics at the Lycée Louis le Grand. He wrote many articles and contributed to the French edition of the Mathematical Encyclopedia; he published textbooks and two works on applied mathematics. From 1910 to 1911 he was president of the Mathematical Society of France. His son paul levy (1886–1971) became a high official in the administration of mines (1925). In 1941 after the occupation of France by the Nazis, he was exempted from the anti-Jewish statutes because of his distinguished work and permitted to teach both at the Ecole Polytechnique and at the Ecole Supérieure de Mines. He published several textbooks. In 1964 he became president of the Mathematical Society of France.