Mathematician:Otton Marcin Nikodym

Mathematician

Polish mathematician best known for his work in measure theory.

Husband of Stanisława Dorota Nikodym.

Nationality

Polish

History

• Born: 3 August 1887 in Zabolotiv, Galicia
• Died: 4 May 1974 in Utica, New York, United States

Theorems and Definitions

• Nikodym Set
• Radon-Nikodym Property (with Johann Karl August Radon)
• Radon-Nikodym Derivative (with Johann Karl August Radon)

• Nikodym Convergence Theorem
• Nikodym-Grothendieck Boundedness Theorem (with Alexander Grothendieck)
• Radon-Nikodym Theorem (with Johann Karl August Radon)

• Fréchet-Nikodym Metric Space (with Maurice René Fréchet)

Results named for Otton Marcin Nikodym can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Otton Marcin Nikodym can be found here.

Publications

• 1930: Didactics of pure mathematics in high school, Volume 1
• 1936: Introduction to differential calculus (with Stanisława Dorota Nikodym)
• 1938: Didactics of pure mathematics in high school, Volume 2
• 1938: Theory of tensors with applications to geometry and mathematical physics
• 1946: Spojrzmy w glebiny mysli ("Let's look deeply inside the mind")
• 1949: Differential Equations
• 1966: The Mathematical Apparatus for Quantum-Theories, based on the Theory of Boolean Lattices

Unpublished works, since lost or destroyed

• Didactics of pure mathematics in high school, Volume 3
• Theory of tensors with applications to geometry and mathematical physics, Volume 2
• Mechanics (2 volumes)

Also known as

His first name is usually reported as Otto.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Otton Marcin Nikodym": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive