Edmond Bonan

Edmond Bonan (born 27 January 1937 in Haifa, Israel) is a French mathematician, known particularly for his work on special holonomy .

Alumnus of the École polytechnique, Bonan completed in 1967 his doctoral dissertation in Differential geometry at the University of Paris under the supervision of André Lichnerowicz. From 1968 to 1997, he held the post of lecturer and then professor at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens, currently professor emeritus. At the same time, from 1969 to 1981, he lectured at École Polytechnique.