Heinz Hopf
Heinz Hopf · Science & Medicine
Topology; the Hopf fibration and Hopf invariant
1894, Gräbschen, near Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) — 1971, Zollikon, Switzerland
Germany · Switzerland
Heinz Hopf is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Topology; the Hopf fibration and Hopf invariant
Hopf was one of the founders of modern topology; the Hopf fibration and the Hopf invariant he introduced remain central to the study of the geometry of higher-dimensional spheres, and Hopf algebras bear his name. He spent his career largely at ETH Zurich. His father was of Jewish origin (having converted to Protestantism), and Hopf's Jewish descent exposed him to Nazi pressure before he settled in Switzerland.
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Topology; the Hopf fibration and Hopf invariant
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