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Science & Medicine
William Browder
Who
William Browder · Science & Medicine
What
Topology; surgery theory of manifolds
When
1934, New York City, United States
Where
United States
Biography
William Browder is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Topology; surgery theory of manifolds
How & why
William Browder is a mathematician who was a leader in the development of surgery theory, a powerful tool in the topology of high-dimensional manifolds, and he served as president of the American Mathematical Society. Son of the political leader Earl Browder and his Jewish wife Raissa Berkmann, he is of Jewish descent through his mother.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Topology; surgery theory of manifolds
1934
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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