Borel

Borel may refer to:

People

  • Antoine Borel (1840–1915), a Swiss-born American businessman
  • Armand Borel (1923–2003), a Swiss mathematician
  • Borel (author), 18th-century French playwright
  • Borel (1906–1967), pseudonym of the French actor Jacques Henri Cottance
  • Émile Borel (1871–1956), a French mathematician known for his founding work in the areas of measure theory and probability
  • Mary Grace Borel (1915–1998), American socialite
  • Pascal Borel (born 1978), German footballer
  • Pierre Borel, 17th-century French chemist

Places

  • Borel (crater), a lunar crater, named after Émile Borel

Mathematics

  • Borel algebra, operating on Borel sets, named after Émile Borel, also:
    • Borel measure, the measure on a Borel algebra
  • Borel distribution, a discrete probability distribution, also named after Émile Borel
  • Borel subgroup, in the theory of algebraic groups, named after Armand Borel

Other uses

  • Borel (surname), a surname
  • Etablissements Borel, an aircraft manufacturing company founded by Gabriel Borel

See also

  • Borrel
  • Borrell
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