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Heinz Hopf
German mathematician (1894–1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the Swedish actor, see Heinz Hopf (actor).
Heinz Hopf (19 November 1894 – 3 June 1971) was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of dynamical systems, topology and geometry.[2]
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Heinz Hopf | |
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Born | (1894-11-19)19 November 1894 |
Died | 3 June 1971(1971-06-03) (aged 76) |
Alma mater | University of Berlin |
Known for | Almost complex manifold H-space Hopf algebra Hopf conjecture Hopf fibration Hopf invariant Hopf link Hopf manifold Hopf surface Hopf theorem Hopf's integral formula Hopfion Hopf–Rinow theorem Freudenthal-Hopf theorems Killing–Hopf theorem Poincaré–Hopf theorem Grid cell topology Spherical space form conjecture Sphere theorem |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | ETH Zürich |
Thesis | Über Zusammmenhänge zwischen Topologie und Metrik von Mannigfaltigkeiten[1] (1925) |
Doctoral advisor | Erhard Schmidt Ludwig Bieberbach |
Doctoral students | Beno Eckmann Hans Freudenthal Alfred Frölicher Werner Gysin Friedrich Hirzebruch Michel Kervaire Willi Rinow Hans Samelson Ernst Specker Eduard Stiefel James J. Stoker Alice Roth |
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