Borel
Borel may refer to:
People
- Borel (author), 18th-century French playwright
- Pierre Borel, 17th-century French chemist
- 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
- Armand Borel (1923 – 2003), a Swiss mathematician
- Mary Grace Borel (1915 – 1998), American socialite
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
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