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Loring W. Tu
Date: January 4, 2002
Department of Mathematics
Tufts University
Medford, MA 02155-7049
ltu@tufts.edu
In a career spanning five decades, Raoul Bott has wrought profound
changes on the landscape of geometry and topology. It is a daunting
task to improve upon his own reminiscences [B3], [B4],
[B1] and
commentaries on papers [B5],
punctuated as they are by insight, colorful
turns of phrases and amusing anecdotes. This article, based on his
writings and on interviews and correspondences with people who have known
him,
aims to
serve as an introduction to his life and works so far.
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