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Science & Medicine
Beno Eckmann
Who
Beno Eckmann · Science & Medicine
What
Algebraic topology; Eckmann-Hilton duality
When
1917, Bern, Switzerland — 2008, Zürich, Switzerland
Where
Switzerland
Biography
Beno Eckmann is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Algebraic topology; Eckmann-Hilton duality
How & why
Eckmann was a Swiss mathematician known for the Eckmann–Hilton duality and the Eckmann–Hilton argument in algebraic topology and homological algebra, and for decades of influence at ETH Zürich. He was born to a Jewish family in Bern.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Algebraic topology; Eckmann-Hilton duality
1917
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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