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Oswald Veblen (* 24. Juni 1880 in Decorah, Iowa; † 10. August 1960 in Brooklin, Maine) war ein US-amerikanischer Mathematiker norwegischer Abstammung.
Oswald Veblen (June 24, 1880 – August 10, 1960) was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
24. Juni 2012 · Veblen's interest in the foundations of geometry led to his work on the axiom systems of projective geometry. He published Finite projective geometries with W H Bussey in 1906, Collineations in a finite projective geometry (1907), and Non-Desarguesian and non-Pascalian geometries (1908).
12. Apr. 2024 · Oswald Veblen (born June 24, 1880, Decorah, Iowa, U.S.—died August 10, 1960, Brooklin, Maine) was an American mathematician who made important contributions to differential geometry and the early development of topology.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Veblen, Oswald. Veblen, Oswald (1880-1960), who played a major role in the development of Princeton and American mathematics, was the grandson of a Norwegian cabinet maker who came to Wisconsin in 1847 and took up farming.
But behind both of these stories of brilliant and impactful immigration is Oswald Veblen, who was quietly instrumental in bringing many displaced mathematicians and physicists to America.
OSWALD VEBLEN. Professor Oswald Veblen died at his summer home in Brooklin, Maine, on August 10, 1960. He was survived by his wife, Elizabeth Richardson Veblen, and by four sisters and one brother. He was born in Decorah, Iowa, on June 24, 1880, and was the oldest of a family of eight children, four girls and four boys.
