Oswald Veblen
American mathematician (1880–1960) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Oswald Veblen (June 24, 1880 – August 10, 1960) was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905;[1] while this was long considered the first rigorous proof of the theorem, many now also consider Camille Jordan's original proof rigorous.
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Born | (1880-06-24)June 24, 1880 Decorah, Iowa, U.S. |
Died | August 10, 1960(1960-08-10) (aged 80) Brooklin, Maine, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Iowa Harvard University University of Chicago |
Known for | Veblen function Veblen hierarchy Veblen ordinal Veblen's theorem Veblen–Young theorem Veblen–Wedderburn systems Fixed-point lemma for normal functions |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Princeton University Institute for Advanced Study |
Thesis | A System of Axioms for Geometry (1903) |
Doctoral advisor | E. H. Moore |
Doctoral students | J. W. Alexander H. Roy Brahana Alonzo Church Philip Franklin Wallace Givens Harold Hotelling Howard H. Mitchell Robert Lee Moore Tracy Thomas J. H. C. Whitehead |
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