Mathematician:Oscar Zariski

Russian-born mathematician, originally Oscher (or Ascher) Zaritsky.

Highly influential in the fields of algebraic geometry and topology.

Nationality
Russian, later American

History

 * Born: 24 April 1899, Kobrin, Belarus, Russian Empire
 * Died: 4 July 1986, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA

Theorems and Definitions

 * Zariski Ring
 * Zariski Tangent Space
 * Zariski Surface
 * Zariski Topology
 * Zariski's Theorem on Holomorphic Functions
 * Zariski-Riemann Surface (with Bernhard Riemann)
 * Zariski Space
 * Zariski's Main Theorem

Books and Papers

 * 1935: Algebraic Surfaces
 * 1958: Introduction to the problem of minimal models in the theory of algebraic surfaces
 * 1958: Commutative Algebra Vol. I (with Pierre Samuel)
 * 1960: Commutative Algebra Vol. II (with Pierre Samuel)