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Did Henri Cartan have any siblings?

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Henri Cartan indeed had siblings. He was the second of the four sons of Élie Joseph Cartan, himself a renowned mathematician and a member of the French Academy of Sciences. Two of Henri Cartan's brothers, Jean and Louis, also became mathematicians, while the fourth brother, Jacques, was a theoretical physicist.
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