Oswald Veblen

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geometer human mathematician topologist

Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician known for his foundational work in topology and geometry and for helping to shape the early development of the Institute for Advanced Study.

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Oswald Veblen canonical 14

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instanceOf geometer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
topologist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in mathematics ⓘ
awardReceived Lobachevsky Prize ⓘ
National Medal of Science ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1880-06-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1960-08-10 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor E. H. Moore ⓘ
doctoralStudent Alonzo Church ⓘ
J. H. C. Whitehead ⓘ
Solomon Lefschetz ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
University of Iowa ⓘ
employer Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
Princeton University ⓘ
familyName Veblen ⓘ
fieldOfWork foundations of mathematics ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
mathematical logic ⓘ
topology ⓘ
givenName Oswald ⓘ
hasRelative Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
influenced development of American mathematics in the 20th century ⓘ
early organization of the Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
knownFor contributions to the development of the Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
foundational work in geometry ⓘ
foundational work in topology ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf American Mathematical Society ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
name Oswald Veblen self-link ⓘ
notableWork Analysis Situs ⓘ
The Foundations of Geometry ⓘ
Veblen axioms for projective geometry ⓘ
Veblen hierarchy ⓘ
occupation mathematician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Decorah, Iowa ⓘ
placeOfDeath Brooklin, Maine ⓘ
positionHeld professor at Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
professor at Princeton University ⓘ
relativeType cousin of Thorstein Veblen ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: Princeton, New Jersey

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Institute for Advanced Study → notableScholar → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Alonzo Church → doctoralAdvisor → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Oswald Veblen → name → Oswald Veblen self-link ⓘ
Veblen Prize in Geometry → namedAfter → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Veblen → usedBy → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Veblen axioms for projective geometry → namedAfter → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Veblen axioms for projective geometry → introducedBy → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Veblen hierarchy → namedAfter → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
The Foundations of Geometry → author → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Analysis Situs → author → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Analysis Situs → hasAuthorRole → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Analysis Situs → isWrittenBy → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
E. H. Moore → notableStudent → Oswald Veblen ⓘ
Jordan curve theorem → laterProofBy → Oswald Veblen ⓘ