Mathematician:Solomon Lefschetz

Mathematician
Russian-born American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-linear ordinary differential equations.

Nationality
Russian-born American

History

 * Born: 3 September 1884 in Moscow, Russia
 * Died: 5 October 1972 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA

Theorems and Definitions

 * Lefschetz Number
 * Lefschetz Pencil


 * Lefschetz Fixed Point Theorem
 * Lefschetz Principle (First-Order)


 * Picard-Lefschetz Formula (with )

Publications

 * 1911: On the existence of loci with given singularities


 * 1921: On certain numerical invariants of algebraic varieties with application to abelian varieties


 * 1924: L'analysis situs et la géométrie algébrique






 * 1930: Topology


 * 1924: Algebraic Topology


 * 1949: Introduction to Topology


 * 1961: Stability by Liapunov's direct method with applications (with )


 * 1953: Algebraic Geometry (2nd edn. 1964)


 * 1957: Differential equations: geometric theory (2nd edn. 1963)


 * 1965: Stability of nonlinear control systems



Also known as
In Russian: Соломо́н Ле́фшец

Some sources render his name as Lefshetz.