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He has written and cowritten a large number of papers on a number of subjects, principally Group Theory . His academic career includes professorships at the Université Libre De Bruxelles (1962-1964), the University Of Bonn (1964-1974) and the Collège De France in Paris , until becoming Emeritus in 2000. He has been a member of the French Academy Of Sciences since 1974. He introduced the theory of '' Subgroup of a Linear Group , then either ''G'' has a Solvable Subgroup of Finite Index or it has a Free Subgroup of rank 2. Tits received the Wolf Prize In Mathematics in 1993, the Cantor Medal from the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung (German Mathematical Society) in 1996 , and the German distinction " Pour Le Mérite ". He is a member of several Academies of Sciences. The Tits Group is named after him. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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