Oswald Veblen
Oswald Veblen | |
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Oswald Veblen (photograph c. 1915) | |
| Born | June 24, 1880 Decorah, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | August 10, 1960 (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 |
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; while this was long considered the first rigorous proof of the theorem, many now also consider Camille Jordan's original proof rigorous.