Mathematician:Robert Henry Sorgenfrey

Mathematician

American mathematician who made significant contributions to the field of topology.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: August 14, 1915
• 1933: Entered UCLA as a freshman
• 1937: Received undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics
• 1942: Completed graduate studies at University of Texas
• 1942: Returned to UCLA as an instructor
• 1963: Received UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award
• Died: January 7, 1996

Theorems and Inventions

• Sorgenfrey Line
• Sorgenfrey Plane

Definitions of concepts named for Robert Henry Sorgenfrey can be found here.

Publications

• 1947: On the Topological Product of Paracompact Spaces (Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. Vol. 53: pp. 631 – 632)