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Morton Brown

Who

Morton Brown · Science & Medicine

What

Topology; the generalized Schoenflies theorem

When

1931, Bronx, New York, United States — 2024, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Morton Brown is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Topology; the generalized Schoenflies theorem

How & why

Brown was an American mathematician specializing in geometric topology who, with Barry Mazur, proved the generalized Schoenflies theorem; his elementary and fully general proof earned a share of the 1966 Oswald Veblen Prize. Born in the Bronx to Jewish immigrant parents—a Romanian father and a Polish-Russian mother—he taught for decades at the University of Michigan.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

Contributions & Sources

Topology; the generalized Schoenflies theorem

1931

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics