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Towering Figures in American Mathematics. 1890-1950 by David E. Zitarelli
http://www.uncg.edu/~vaughanj/ccny2001/ccny2001.html
Melvin Henriksen
Graduated from the faculty of mechanics and mathematics of Moscow University in 1948. Has worked in the faculty since 1948. Does research in topology. Has trained 30 candidates and 3 doctors of sciences. Has more than 100 scientific papers to his credit.
(thanks to A. Lemin for this information; the biography is from the Moscow State University math dept webpage)
A photo may be found at: http://at.yorku.ca/t/o/p/d/06.htm
the world's oldest living mathematician (famous for his topology on space of subsets) and probably the oldest living Austrian male.The press release that follows was sent to Judith Grabiner by many individuals on the history of mathematics mailing list. and relayed to me by her If you want rapid answers to questions on the history of mathematics, sending them to historia-matematica@chasque.apc.org is a good idea.
The article that follows appeared soon after his 110th birthday. An English translation of it due to Prof. Robert Burckel of Kansas State University also appears. Even though the article is brief, translation is always time consuming.
According to Partick D. F. Ion of Mathematical Reviews, Vietoris published his last paper at the age of 104. He was also an accomplished mountain climber and became an expert on the formation of glaciers in his later years
Celebration of the 110th Birthday of Prof. Leopold Vietoris
For the original press release see http://www2.uibk.ac.at/service/c115/presse/2001/40-01.html
Hypotheses: A Matter Of Choice
Can a mathematical idea have political import?
By Jim Holt
Lingua Franca, Volume 11, No. 8 November 2001
http://www.linguafranca.com/print/0111/hypothesis.html
http://www.navworld.com
Murray was born in Montreal, Canada on Nov. 17, 1950 . He attended the University of Manitoba, receiving his B.Sc. and M.Sc. there. He obtained his doctorate at the University of Alberta in 1977 under the supervision of Steve Willard. His doctoral thesis was devoted to the study of supercompact spaces.
Murray joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manitoba in 1981 and remained there (apart from sabbatical leaves) for the rest of his career.
Murray's mathematical research was renowned internationally. His primary interests lay in set-theoretic topology with a combinatorial flavour. He made major contributions to the study of compact Hausdorff spaces, especially supercompactness, chain conditions, dyadic spaces and the interaction between graph theory and set-theoretic topology. A more detailed discussion of his research will appear elsewhere. He collaborated with many in the topological community and had a major influence on it.
Murray will be remembered around the world as a brilliant lecturer, a deeply imaginative researcher and a mathematician who created many compelling ideas of startling clarity. He was passionate about ideas and contributed greatly to our understanding of compact Hausdorff spaces.
Murray was a frequent participant at topological conferences. We remember him as a friendly and intense man who preferred dialogue to conversation in larger groups. He was always ready to discuss mathematics with us and we were always happy to see him again.
He is survived by his wife Marianne.
The funeral announcement is at http://at.yorku.ca/i/a/a/i/42.htm
I can't get over Murray Bell's death. I was extremely fond of Murray, and always sought him out when I learned we were attending the same conference. This was difficult because of Murray's introverted personality. I am missing Murray, and will continue to do so. I was moved by his the "Not all compact Hausdorff spaces are supercompact" theorem. This was the paper that introduced me to Murray and one of his most important papers. However, Murray was very good at descriptive terminology such as "cor" and "polyadic." I appreciated what he called minor papers such as "Hyperspaces of finite subsets" or "Nonhomogeneity of powers of cor images". I was eagerly awaiting "The hyperspace of a compact space. II" I am missing Murray, and will continue to do so.
Scott Williams