Robert Sorgenfrey
Robert Henry Sorgenfrey (August 14, 1915 – January 7, 1996) was an American mathematician and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles.[4] The Sorgenfrey line and the Sorgenfrey plane are named after him; the Sorgenfrey line was the first example of a normal topological space whose product with itself is not normal.
Robert Sorgenfrey | |
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Born | [1] | August 14, 1915
Died | January 7, 1996 80)[2] Los Angeles, California | (aged
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin[3] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | general topology |
Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
Thesis | Concerning Triodic Continua (1941) |
Doctoral advisor | R.L. Moore |
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