Abram Besicovitch
Abram Besicovitch · Science & Medicine
Geometric measure theory; Besicovitch covering theorem
1891, Berdyansk, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1970, Cambridge, England, UK
Russia · United Kingdom
Abram Besicovitch is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Geometric measure theory; Besicovitch covering theorem
Besicovitch was a Russian-British mathematician who made deep contributions to real analysis and the geometry of sets, founding much of geometric measure theory; the Besicovitch covering theorem and Besicovitch sets bear his name. His constructions reshaped understanding of dimension and measure. He was of Karaite Jewish descent and settled in Cambridge, England.
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Geometric measure theory; Besicovitch covering theorem
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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