Mathematician:John Leroy Kelley

Mathematician

American mathematician best known for his work on topology and functional analysis.

Author of the widely-used and -cited textbook General Topology, and others.

Co-creator, with Anthony Perry Morse, of Morse-Kelley set theory.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: December 6, 1916, Kansas, USA
• Died: November 26, 1999, Berkeley, California, USA

Theorems and Definitions

• Kelley's Theorem
• Morse-Kelley Set Theory (with Anthony Perry Morse)

Results named for John Leroy Kelley can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for John Leroy Kelley can be found here.

Publications

• 1953: Exterior ballistics (with Edward James McShane and Franklin V. Reno)
• 1955: General Topology
• 1960: Introduction to Modern Algebra
• 1963: Linear Topological Spaces (with Isaac Namioka et al.)
• 1970: Elementary Mathematics for Teachers (with Donald Richert)