Mathematician:Solomon Lefschetz
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Mathematician
Russian-born American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-linear ordinary differential equations.
Nationality
Russian-born American
History
- Born: 3 September 1884 in Moscow, Russia
- Died: 5 October 1972 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Theorems and Definitions
Results named for Solomon Lefschetz can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Solomon Lefschetz can be found here.
Publications
- 1911: On the existence of loci with given singularities
- 1921: On certain numerical invariants of algebraic varieties with application to abelian varieties
- 1924: L'analysis situs et la géométrie algébrique
- 1926: Intersections and transformations of complexes and manifolds (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. Vol. 28: pp. 1 – 49) www.jstor.org/stable/1989171
- 1927: Fixed Point Theorem (Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. Vol. 29: pp. 429 – 462) www.jstor.org/stable/1989219
- 1930: Topology
- 1924: Algebraic Topology
- 1949: Introduction to Topology
- 1961: Stability by Liapunov's direct method with applications (with Joseph P. LaSalle)
- 1953: Algebraic Geometry (2nd edn. 1964)
- 1957: Differential equations: geometric theory (2nd edn. 1963)
- 1965: Stability of nonlinear control systems
- 1970: Reminiscences of a mathematical immigrant in the United States (Amer. Math. Monthly Vol. 77: pp. 344 – 350) www.jstor.org/stable/2316140
Also known as
In Russian: Соломо́н Ле́фшец
Some sources erroneously render his name as Lefshetz.
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Solomon Lefschetz": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Lefschetz, Solomon (1884-1972)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Lefschetz, Solomon (1884-1972)