Mathematician:Poul Heegaard

Mathematician

Danish mathematician active in the field of topology.

With Max Wilhelm Dehn, solved the problem of Classification of Compact Two-Manifolds.

Nationality

Danish

History

• Born: 2 November 1871 in Copenhagen, Denmark
• Died: 7 February 1948 in Oslo, Norway

Theorems and Definitions

• Heegaard Decomposition
• Heegaard Diagram
• Heegaard Splitting

Definitions of concepts named for Poul Heegaard can be found here.

Publications

• 1898: Forstudier til en topologisk Teori for de algebraiske Fladers Sammenhaeng ("Preliminary studies towards the topological theory of connectivity of algebraic surfaces")
• 1902: Populaer Astronomi ("Popular astronomy")
• 1907: Analysis Situs (with Max Wilhelm Dehn)
• 1921: Stjerneverdenen. Verdensbilledet gennom Tiderne ("Star world. World image through the ages")

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Poul Heegaard": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive