Oswald Veblen Scientist

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.

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Oswald Veblen
Birth dateJune 24, 1880
Birth place
Decorah Iowa , United States
Date of deathAugust 10, 1960
Place of death
Brooklin Maine , United States
Education
Harvard University
University of Chicago
University of Iowa

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doctoral advisor
doctoral student
James Waddell Alexander II
Henry Roy Brahana
Howard Hawks Mitchell

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External resources

  1. http://historical.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/cul.math/docviewer?did=00420002&view=50&frames=0&seq=5
  2. http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/finding_aids/mathoral/pmcxveblen.htm
  3. http://name.umdl.umich.edu/ACV5447.0001.001
  4. http://neo-classical-physics.info/uploads/3/0/6/5/3065888/veblen_-_projective_relativity.pdf
  5. http://www.ams.org/journals/tran/1904-005-03/S0002-9947-1904-1500678-X
  6. http://www.ams.org/notices/200705/fea-batterson-web.pdf
  7. http://www.ams.org/online_bks/hmath1/hmath1-monty11.pdf