Leopold Vietoris
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Leopold Vietoris (
He was known for his contributions to
Biography
Vietoris studied mathematics and geometry at the Vienna University of Technology.[1] He was drafted in 1914 in
In autumn 1928 he married his first wife Klara Riccabona, who later died while giving birth to their sixth daughter.[1] In 1936 he married Klara's sister, Maria Riccabona.[1]
Vietoris was survived by his six daughters, 17 grandchildren, and 30 great-grandchildren.[3]
He lends his name to a few mathematical concepts:
- Vietoris topology (see topological space)
- Vietoris homology theory)
- Mayer–Vietoris sequence
- Vietoris–Begle mapping theorem
- Vietoris–Rips complex
Vietoris remained scientifically active in his later years, even writing one paper on trigonometric sums at the age of 103.[4]
Vietoris lived to be 110 years and 309 days old, and became the oldest verified Austrian man ever.[5]
Decorations and awards
- Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1973)
- Grand Gold Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria(1981)
- Honorary member of the German Mathematical Society (1992)
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f Reitberger, Heinrich (November 2002). "Leopold Vietoris (1891–2002)" (PDF). American Mathematical Society. Retrieved 5 September 2003.
- ^ Leopold Vietoris at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Professor Dr. Leopold Vietoris" (PDF). Geo Imagining. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
- ^ Reitberger, Heinrich (November 2002). "Leopold Vietoris (1891–2002)" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 49 (10): 1235.
- ^ "Verified Supercentenarians (Ranked By Age) Gerontology Research Group". 1 January 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
References
- Weibel, Peter, ed. (2005). Beyond Art: A Third Culture: A Comparative Study in Cultures, Art and Science in 20th Century Austria and Hungary. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 260. ISBN 978-3-211-24562-0.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Leopold Vietoris", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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