Eduard Čech
Czech mathematician (1893–1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eduard Čech (Czech: [ˈɛduart ˈtʃɛx]; 29 June 1893 – 15 March 1960) was a Czech mathematician. His research interests included projective differential geometry and topology. He is especially known for the technique known as Stone–Čech compactification (in topology) and the notion of Čech cohomology. He was the first to publish a proof of Tychonoff's theorem in 1937.
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Eduard Čech | |
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![]() Eduard Čech at the First International Topology conference in Moscow, 1935 | |
Born | (1893-06-29)29 June 1893 |
Died | 15 March 1960(1960-03-15) (aged 66) |
Alma mater | Charles University (PhD) |
Known for | Stone–Čech compactification Čech cohomology Čech closure operator Čech nerve |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Masaryk University Charles University |
Thesis | On Curves and Plane Elements of the Third Order (1920) |
Doctoral advisor | Karel Petr |
Doctoral students | Ivo Babuška Vlastimil Dlab Zdeněk Frolík Věra Trnková Petr Vopěnka |
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