Raoul Bott
Raoul Bott · Science & Medicine
Topology; Bott periodicity theorem
1923, Budapest, Hungary — 2005, San Diego, California, USA
Hungary/Slovakia · Canada · United States (Harvard)
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Bott proved the periodicity theorem bearing his name, a deep result linking topology and analysis that underlies K-theory. Born in Budapest to a mother of Hungarian Jewish descent and raised Catholic, he first trained as an engineer before turning to mathematics at Carnegie and Harvard. His ideas shaped modern geometry and mathematical physics.
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Topology; Bott periodicity theorem
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