Maurice Fréchet (born September 2, 1878, died June 4, 1973) was a French mathematician. In 1906, he introduced the concept of metric space, and was one of the founders of functional analysis. See also Fréchet space and Fréchet derivative. September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In mathematics, a metric space is a set (or space) where a distance between points is defined. ... Functional analysis is that branch of mathematics and specifically of analysis which is concerned with the study of spaces of functions. ...

External link

• Biography (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Frechet.html) at the MacTutor archive