Felix Hausdorff | |
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| Born | November 8, 1868 |
| Died | January 26, 1942 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
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| Spouse | Charlotte Hausdorff (1873-1942) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Bonn, University of Greifswald, University of Leipzig |
| Thesis | Zur Theorie der astronomischen Strahlenbrechung (1891) |
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Felix Hausdorff (/ˈhaʊsdɔːrf/ HOWS-dorf, /ˈhaʊzdɔːrf/ HOWZ-dorf;[1] November 8, 1868 – January 26, 1942[2]) was a German mathematician, pseudonym Paul Mongré (à mon gré (Fr.) = "according to my taste"),[3] who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, and functional analysis.
He was Jewish, and life became difficult for Hausdorff and his family after the Kristallnacht of 1938. The next year he initiated efforts to emigrate to the United States, but was unable to make arrangements to receive a research fellowship. On 26 January 1942, Felix Hausdorff, along with his wife and his sister-in-law, died by suicide by taking an overdose of veronal, rather than comply with German orders to move to the Endenich camp, and there suffer the likely implications, about which he held no illusions.
- ^ "Hausdorff space Definition & Meaning". Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ Purkert, Prof. Dr. Walter. "Felix Hausdorff - Paul Mongré" (PDF). Hausdorff Edition. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ Schubring, Gert (2021). "Biographie. Felix Hausdorff, Gesammelte Werke. Band IB. By Egbert Brieskorn and Walter Purkert". The Mathematical Intelligencer. 43 (4): 94–98. doi:10.1007/s00283-021-10083-9.