Walther Mayer
Walther Mayer · Science & Medicine
Topology; the Mayer-Vietoris sequence
1887, Graz, Austria — 1948, Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Austria · United States
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Walther Mayer was an Austrian Jewish mathematician known for the Mayer–Vietoris sequence, a fundamental tool of algebraic topology. He served for years as Albert Einstein's mathematical assistant and emigrated with him to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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Topology; the Mayer-Vietoris sequence
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