Bourbaki

/ ˈbɔːbəkɪ /

noun

1. the pseudonym of a group of mainly French mathematicians that, since 1939, has been producing a monumental work on advanced mathematics, Eléments de Mathématique

Example Sentences

We’ll leave all those clues - references to Dema and the bishops and Nicolas Bourbaki - to the fans on Reddit.

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Finally, on Friday, the festival’s free late-night Lounge series at Bourbaki, a nearby club, offered solo stints by the violinist Midori and the bandoneónist Michael Zisman.

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In 1870 he was commander-in-chief of the Swiss army, which guarded the Swiss frontier, in the Jura, during the Franco-German War, and in February 1871, as such, concluded the Convention of Verri�res with General Clinchant for the disarming and the interning of the remains of Bourbaki’s army, when it took refuge in Switzerland.

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Bourbaki held the command for a short time in November before proceeding to Tours, but the active command in field Faidherbe’s campaign. operations came into the hands of Faidherbe, a general whose natural powers, so far from being cramped by years of peace routine and court repression, had been developed by a career of pioneer warfare and colonial administration.

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Middle of November ” 600,000 ” 425,000 ” After the surrender of Paris and the disarmament of Bourbaki’s army ” 534,000 ” 835,000 ” The date of the armistice was the 28th of January, and that of the ratification of the treaty of Frankfurt the 23rd of May 1871.

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