Mathematician:Egbert Rudolf van Kampen

Mathematician

Dutch mathematician who made important contributions to topology, especially to the study of fundamental groups.

Nationality

Dutch

History

• Born: 28 May 1908 in Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium
• Died: 11 February 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Theorems and Definitions

• Seifert-van Kampen Theorem (with Karl Johannes Herbert Seifert)

Results named for Egbert Rudolf van Kampen can be found here.

Publications

• 1929: Die kombinatorische Topologie und die Dualitätssatze

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Egbert Rudolf van Kampen": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive