Solomon Lefschetz
Solomon Lefschetz · Science & Medicine
Algebraic topology; Lefschetz fixed-point theorem
1884, Moscow, Russia — 1972, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Russia · France · United States
Solomon Lefschetz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Algebraic topology; Lefschetz fixed-point theorem
Solomon Lefschetz was a Russian-born American mathematician who made foundational contributions to algebraic topology and algebraic geometry, including the Lefschetz fixed-point theorem and the Lefschetz hyperplane theorem. After losing both hands in an industrial accident he became a leading topologist and later a pioneer of the theory of nonlinear differential equations. He was born to a Jewish family and raised in Paris.
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Algebraic topology; Lefschetz fixed-point theorem
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