Solomon Lefschetz

Solomon Lefschetz
Born(1884-09-03)3 September 1884
Died5 October 1972(1972-10-05) (aged 88)
CitizenshipUS
Alma materÉcole Centrale Paris
Clark University
Known forLefschetz fixed-point theorem
Picard–Lefschetz theory
Lefschetz connection
Lefschetz hyperplane theorem
Lefschetz duality
Lefschetz manifold
Lefschetz number
Lefschetz principle
Lefschetz zeta function
Lefschetz pencil
Lefschetz theorem on (1,1)-classes
AwardsBôcher Memorial Prize (1924)
National Medal of Science (1964)
Leroy P. Steele Prize (1970)
Fellow of the Royal Society[1]
Scientific career
FieldsAlgebraic topology
Institutions
ThesisOn the Existence of Loci with Given Singularities (1911)
Doctoral advisorWilliam Edward Story[3]
Doctoral studentsEdward Begle
Richard Bellman
Felix Browder
Clifford Dowker
George F. D. Duff
Ralph Fox
Ralph Gomory
John McCarthy
Robert Prim
Paul A. Smith
Norman Steenrod
Arthur Harold Stone
Clifford Truesdell
Albert W. Tucker
John Tukey
Henry Wallman
Shaun Wylie[3]
Other notable studentsSylvia de Neymet

Solomon Lefschetz ForMemRS (Russian: Соломо́н Ле́фшец; 3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was a 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.[3][1][4][5]

  1. ^ a b Hodge, W. V. D. (1973). "Solomon Lefschetz 1884-1972". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 19: 433–453. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1973.0016. S2CID 122747688.
  2. ^ "Mathematics in Mexico" (PDF). Sociedad Matematica Mexicana.
  3. ^ a b c Solomon Lefschetz at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ Markus, L. (1973). "Solomon Lefschetz: An appreciation in memoriam". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 79 (4): 663–680. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1973-13256-2.
  5. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Solomon Lefschetz", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews