Paul Urysohn
Paul Urysohn · Science & Medicine
Topology; Urysohn's lemma and metrization theorem
1898, Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 1924, Batz-sur-Mer, France
Soviet Union
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Urysohn was a Soviet mathematician whose Urysohn lemma and metrization theorem are foundational results of point-set topology, and who helped develop the theory of dimension. Born to a Jewish family in Odessa, he drowned while swimming off the French coast at just 26.
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Topology; Urysohn's lemma and metrization theorem
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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