Alfred Frölicher (often misspelled Fröhlicher) was a Swiss mathematician (8 October 8 1927 – 1 July 2010). He was a full professor at the Université de Fribourg (1962–1965), and then at the

Université de Genève The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology unti ...

(1966–1993). He introduced the

Frölicher spectral sequence In mathematics, the Frölicher spectral sequence (often misspelled as Fröhlicher) is a tool in the theory of complex manifolds, for expressing the potential failure of the results of cohomology theory that are valid in general only for Kähler man ...

and the Frölicher–Nijenhuis bracket and

Frölicher space In mathematics, Frölicher spaces extend the notions of calculus and smooth manifolds. They were introduced in 1982 by the mathematician A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solv ...

s and Frölicher groups. He received his Ph.D. from

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in 1954, with thesis ''Zur Differentialgeometrie der komplexe Strukturen'' written under the direction of

Beno Eckmann Beno Eckmann (31 March 1917 – 25 November 2008) was a Switzerland, Swiss mathematician who made contributions to algebraic topology, homological algebra, group theory, and differential geometry. Life Born to a Jewish family in Bern, Eckmann r ...

and

Heinz Hopf Heinz Hopf (19 November 1894 – 3 June 1971) was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of dynamical systems, topology and geometry. Early life and education Hopf was born in Gräbschen, German Empire (now , part of Wrocław, Poland) ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frolicher, Alfred 1927 births 2010 deaths Swiss mathematicians Academic staff of the University of Fribourg Academic staff of the University of Geneva