Samuel Eilenberg
Samuel Eilenberg · Science & Medicine
Co-founder of category theory and algebraic topology
1913, Warsaw, Poland — 1998, New York City, United States
Poland · United States
Samuel Eilenberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Co-founder of category theory and algebraic topology
Born in Warsaw to a Jewish family, Eilenberg emigrated to the United States and, with collaborators, co-founded category theory and made algebraic topology rigorous — abstractions now central to modern mathematics. He taught for decades at Columbia University and was also a noted collector of Asian art.
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Co-founder of category theory and algebraic topology
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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