Eduard Helly
Eduard Helly · Science & Medicine
Convex geometry; Helly's theorem
1884, Vienna, Austria — 1943, Chicago, United States
Austria · United States
Eduard Helly is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Convex geometry; Helly's theorem
Helly was a mathematician who proved Helly's theorem in convex geometry and introduced Helly's selection theorem and related results in functional analysis, having anticipated key ideas of the Hahn-Banach theorem. Barred from an academic post in Vienna because he was Jewish, he fled to the United States in 1938. He was Jewish, born in Vienna.
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Convex geometry; Helly's theorem
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
