Mathematician:Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn

Mathematician
Ukrainian mathematician mainly working in analysis and topology.

Introduced the concept of compactness with in 1923.

Drowned in rough seas while swimming off the coast of France.

Also written as Uryson.

Nationality
Ukrainian

History

 * Born: 3 Feb 1898, Odessa, Ukraine
 * Died: 17 Aug 1924 off the coast of Batz-sur-Mer, France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Fréchet-Urysohn Space (with )
 * Urysohn Space
 * Urysohn Function
 * Urysohn's Metrization Theorem
 * Urysohn's Lemma
 * Menger-Urysohn Dimension (with )