List of second-generation mathematicians

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The following is a list of parent-child pairs who both contributed to mathematics, as described in the "Notable For" column. All are father-son except for Emmy Noether and Cathleen Morawetz. The list is in chronological order by birth date of the parent.

List

Parent	Notable for	Awards	Child	Notable for	Awards
Johann Bernoulli	L'Hôpital's rule catenary brachistochrone curve		Daniel Bernoulli	Bernoulli's principle Gamma function
Farkas Bolyai	Wallace–Bolyai–Gerwien theorem		Janos Bolyai	Non-Euclidean geometry
Elie Cartan	Structure of Lie groups exterior algebra moving frame		Henri Cartan		Émile Picard Medal Wolf Prize
Max Noether	Brill–Noether theory Noether's formula Noether inequality		Emmy Noether	Noether's theorem Noetherian Property
George David Birkhoff	Ergodic Theorem	Bocher Memorial Prize	Garrett Birkhoff		George David Birkhoff Prize
J. L. Synge	Synge's theorem		Cathleen Morawetz		Leroy P. Steele Prize
Emil Artin	Solved Hilbert's seventeenth problem partially solved Hilbert's ninth problem		Michael Artin		Leroy P. Steele Prize Wolf Prize
Petr Novikov	Word problem for groups		Sergei Novikov		Fields Medal
Jacques-Louis Lions		John von Neumann Prize Japan Prize	Pierre-Louis Lions		Fields Medal
Joram Lindenstrauss		Israel Prize Stefan Banach Medal	Elon Lindenstrauss		Fields Medal

See also

• List of second-generation physicists