Talk:Jacques Tits

Pronunciation
If you follow the IPA link to IPA for French, the english example for the french vowel sound is "bitter", if you follow through to Close front unrounded vowel, the example given is "free". So this does not answer anyone's questions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.85.83.139 (talk) 02:33, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Last Name
It would be useful to have the IPA for 'Tits'. I'm guessing it's /ti/. Can you confirm this?

The name is Flemish. Yes, it's pronounced /ti/ despite the fact that several English and American mathematicians pronounce it 'teets'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.26.201 (talk) 12:23, 5 September 2008 (UTC)


 * No, in English it's like 'teets'; it's Flemish. Charles Matthews 06:09, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response. Buster79 11:10, 8 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I don't think Tits is Flemish, nor is his name Flemish?Evilbu 18:22, 28 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I am Flemish myself and must admit that I really don't know how one should pronouce this name (If you do it pruerly phonetically, it would sound exactly like you-know-which-parts of the female anatomy. But this is only if the name is indeed Flemish ...). I am actually surprised he is even Belgian. By the way, why does the bottom of the page say he is a French mathematician? (Wolfgang Alexander Moens) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.130.16.93 (talk) 15:03, 7 May 2007 (UTC).


 * He actually is French (since 1974), though he was born Belgian. Se his biography at the Abel prize site (link at the bottom of the main page). I added a comment to this effect, though probably not in the best place. Someone should rework and expand on this biography; I don't feel quite qualified for that kind of work myself. Hanche (talk) 15:17, 2 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Belgium does not grant double nationalities. Tits became French in order to be professor at Collège de France (now, French citizenship is no more mandatory but it was then) and lost (some years later, when Belgian administration became aware of his new citizenship) his native citizenship. He deserves without a doubt both "French mathematician" and "Belgian mathematician" taggings, but strictly speaking is he no more Belgian. In French, his name is pronounced /tits/. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.77.141.2 (talk) 07:09, 4 April 2008 (UTC)


 * i like his last name.


 * It seems that every mathematician has a different way to say his last name. I spoke w/a professor at my university who has co-authored a couple of books with him, and he always pronounces his last name like the female part.  I asked him if he was sure that that was correct (since I've heard it so often pronounced the other way) and he said no. I asked him how he could not know for sure, and he says that he always calls him "Jaques" ... well, I guess that works too.  But, as long as he pronounces his last name that way I guess I will as well :).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.71.137 (talk) 06:44, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

This man could cure cancer, and all he will be remembered for is his name is Jacques Boobies. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.153.150.54 (talk) 06:16, 2 March 2019 (UTC)

Bourbaki
Tits wrote the Bourbaki volume Groupes et alg`ebres de Lie. Some of the results attributed to him in the article may have been contained in that. The work had a pioneering influence on the study of Coxeter groups. --172.203.249.57 23:50, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 June 2015
I think that in the Publications section, a link should be made to http://difusion.ulb.ac.be/vufind/Author/Home?author=Tits,%20Jacques where all his publications are listed

77.109.78.12 (talk) 20:09, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Stickee (talk) 23:59, 8 June 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2016
The list of publications should include : J. Tits, Oeuvres - Collected Works, 4 vol., Europ. Math. Soc., 2013. J. Tits, Résumés des cours au Collège de France, S.M.F., Doc.Math. 12, 2013.

Bleauname (talk) 09:01, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done  B E C K Y S A Y L E S  15:25, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

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IAS Affiliation
This scholar was affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study for the 1951-52 academic year, spring of 1963, spring of 1969, and the 1971-72 academic year as a Member in the School of Mathematics. This should be reflected under "Institutions" and "Life and career" IAScomms1930 (talk) 13:52, 8 July 2022 (UTC)
 * ❌ no sources and we are not here to promote the Institute for Advanced Studies for you. Theroadislong (talk) 21:07, 8 July 2022 (UTC)