Oswald Veblen
Oswald Veblen 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; 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 in
- Decorah
- Educated at
- University of IowaHarvard UniversityUniversity of Chicago
- Awards
- 🏆 honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow🏆 honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Eliakim Hastings Moore
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Alonzo Church📖 Wallace Givens📖 J. H. C. Whitehead📖 Harold Hotelling
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1880
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Birth1960
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