Samuel Eilenberg | |
|---|---|
 Samuel Eilenberg (1970) | |
| Born | September 30, 1913 |
| Died | January 30, 1998 (aged 84) New York City, United States |
| Citizenship | Russian, Polish, American |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Known for | Acyclic model Category theory X-machine Weak dimension Projective module Shuffle algebra Simplicial set Standard complex Eilenberg's obstruction theory Eilenberg swindle Eilenberg–Ganea conjecture Eilenberg–Ganea theorem Eilenberg–MacLane space Eilenberg–Moore spectral sequence Eilenberg–Niven theorem Eilenberg–Steenrod axioms Eilenberg–Zilber theorem Cartan–Eilenberg resolution Chevalley–Eilenberg complex |
| Awards | Wolf Prize (1986) Leroy P. Steele Prize (1987) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Michigan Indiana University |
| Thesis | On the Topological Applications of Maps onto a Circle (1936) |
| Doctoral advisors | Kazimierz Kuratowski Karol Borsuk |
| Doctoral students | Jonathan Beck David Buchsbaum Martin Golumbic Daniel Kan William Lawvere Ramaiyengar Sridharan Myles Tierney |
Samuel Eilenberg (September 30, 1913 – January 30, 1998) was a Polish-American mathematician who co-founded category theory (with Saunders Mac Lane) and homological algebra.[1]
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