Karl Menger
Karl Menger · Science & Medicine
Dimension theory; the Menger sponge
1902, Vienna, Austria — 1985, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Austria · United States
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Karl Menger was an Austrian-American mathematician who developed dimension theory and constructed the Menger sponge, a fractal solid of zero volume and infinite surface. A member of the Vienna Circle, he emigrated to the United States and taught at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Son of the economist Carl Menger, he was of partial Jewish ancestry through his mother.
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Dimension theory; the Menger sponge
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