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Veblen, Oswald was born on June 24, 1880 in Decorah, Iowa, United States. Son of Andrew A. and Kirsti (Hougen) Veblen.
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mathematician university professor topologist
Veblen, Oswald was born on June 24, 1880 in Decorah, Iowa, United States. Son of Andrew A. and Kirsti (Hougen) Veblen.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Iowa, 1898. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1900. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1903, Doctor of Science, 1941.
Honorary Doctor of Science, Oxford, 1929.
Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, University Oslo, 1929, Hamburg, 1933. Doctor of Laws, Glasgow University, 1951.
He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905. While this was long considered the first rigorous proof, many now also consider Jordan"s original proof rigorous. He went to school in Iowa City.
He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Iowa, where he received an Bachelor of Arts in 1898, and Harvard University, where he was awarded a second Bachelor of Arts in 1900.
His dissertation, A System of Axioms for Geometry was written under the supervision of East. H. Moore. taught mathematics at Princeton University from 1905 to 1932. In 1926, he was named Henry B. Fine Professor of Mathematics.
In 1932, he helped organize the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, resigning his professorship to become the first professor at the Institute that same year. He kept his professorship at the Institute until he was made emeritus in 1950.
In 1957 they donated 82 acres (33 ha) to establish the Herrontown Woods Arboretum, one of the largest nature preserves in Princeton, New Jersey. died in Brooklin, Maine, in 1960 at age 80.
lieutenant is awarded every three years, and is the most prestigious award in recognition of outstanding research in geometry. During his career, made important contributions in topology and in projective and differential geometries, including results important in modern physics. He introduced the axioms for projective geometry and proved the –Young theorem.
He introduced the functions of ordinals and used an extension of them to define the small and large ordinals.
In World World War II he was involved in overseeing ballistics work at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds that involved early modern computing machines, in particular supporting the proposal for creation of the pioneering ENIAC electronic digital computer. He also published a paper in 1912 on the four-color conjecture.
"s uncle was Thorstein, noted economist and sociologist. Oswald "s parents were Andrew Anderson and Kirsti Hougen.
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Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member National Academy Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Mathematics Society (president 1923-1924), Mathematics Association American. Member London Mathematics Society, Circolo Mathematico di Palermo Societe Mathematique de France (honorary.
Member bureau).
Member Royal Irish Academy (Department Science). Member Royal Danish Academy of Sciences.
Married Elizabeth M. Doctorate. Richardson, 1908.