Beno Eckmann

Beno Eckmann
Beno Eckmann (1988)
Born(1917-03-31)31 March 1917
Died25 November 2008(2008-11-25) (aged 91)
Zürich, Switzerland
Alma materETH Zurich
Known forCalabi–Eckmann manifolds
Eckmann–Hilton duality
Eckmann–Hilton argument
Eckmann–Shapiro lemma
Injective hull
AwardsAlbert Einstein Medal (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsETH Zurich
Doctoral advisorHeinz Hopf
Doctoral studentsAlfred Aeppli
Erwin Bolthausen
Alfred Frölicher
Hans Grauert
Peter J. Huber
Michel Kervaire
Ernst Specker
Urs Stammbach

Beno Eckmann (31 March 1917 – 25 November 2008[1]) was a Swiss mathematician who made contributions to algebraic topology, homological algebra, group theory, and differential geometry.

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