Mathematician:Eduard Ludwig Stiefel

Mathematician

Swiss mathematician best known for his work in topology.

Nationality

Swiss

History

• Born: 21 April 1909 in Zürich, Switzerland
• Died: 25 November 1978 in Zürich, Switzerland

Theorems and Definitions

• Stiefel Manifold

Definitions of concepts named for Eduard Ludwig Stiefel can be found here.

Publications

• 1935: Richtungsfelder und Fernparallelismus in $n$-dimensionalen Mannigfaltigkeiten

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Eduard Ludwig Stiefel": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive