Beno Eckmann
Beno Eckmann was a Swiss mathematician who made contributions to algebraic topology, homological algebra, group theory, and differential geometry.
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Background
- Born in
- Bern
- Educated at
- ETH Zurich
- Awards
- 🏆 Albert Einstein Medal🏆 Marcel Benoist Prize🏆 Honorary doctor of the University of Fribourg🏆 honorary doctor of Ben-Gurion University🏆 honorary doctorate of Technion
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Heinz Hopf🎓 Ferdinand Gonseth
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Hans Grauert📖 Michel Kervaire
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1917
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