Elon Lages Lima

Elon Lages Lima
Born(1929-07-09)July 9, 1929
Maceió, Alagoas
DiedMay 7, 2017(2017-05-07) (aged 87)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
University of Brazil
Known forSpectrum (topology)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsInstituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
Thesis Duality and Postnikov Invariants  (1958)
Doctoral advisorEdwin Spanier

Elon Lages Lima (July 9, 1929 – May 7, 2017)[1] was a Brazilian mathematician whose research concerned differential topology, algebraic topology, and differential geometry.[2] Lima was an influential figure in the development of mathematics in Brazil.[3]

Lima was professor emeritus at Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada[4] of which he was the director during three separate periods. Lima has been twice recipient of the Prêmio Jabuti from the Câmara Brasileira do Livro, for his textbooks Espaços Métricos and Álgebra Linear,[5] and of the Anísio Teixeira Prize from the Ministry of Education and Sports. His mathematical style was heavily influenced by Bourbaki's.[6]

  1. ^ Circe Mary Silva da Silva, "Entrevista: Elon Lages Lima Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine", Revista Matemática Universitária, Number 33, December 2002, pp. 97–120.
  2. ^ "Brazilian Academy of Sciences: Elon Lages Lima". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2015-11-24.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2016-03-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "IMPA - Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada". Archived from the original on 2008-04-17. Retrieved 2008-05-11.
  5. ^ http://gazeta.spm.pt/getArtigo?gid=115 [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)