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Felix Hausdorff
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Felix Hausdorff was a German individual who lived from 1868-11-08 to 1942-01-26. He is associated with the pseudonyms "Paul Mongé" and "Paul Mongré". His professional output includes five works, and he is referenced by 219 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1868-11-08 ) November 8, 1868, Breslau , Kingdom of Prussia , North German Confederation
- Died
- January 26, 1942 (1942-01-26) (aged 73), Bonn
- Alma mater
- University of Leipzig
- Known for
- η set Back-and-forth method Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula Haussdorf's Border Hausdorff completion Hausdorff dimension Hausdorff distance Hausdorff gap Hausdorff maximal principle Hausdorff measure Hausdorff paradox Hausdorff space Hausdorff moment problem Hausdorff–Young inequality
- Spouse
- Charlotte Hausdorff (1873-1942)
- Fields
- Mathematics
- Institutions
- University of Bonn , University of Greifswald , University of Leipzig
- Thesis
- Zur Theorie der astronomischen Strahlenbrechung (1891)
- Doctoral advisor
- Heinrich Bruns Adolph Mayer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Felix
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Wrocław
- Place of death
- Bonn
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Leipzig University
- Employer
- University of Greifswald
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Hausdorff maximal principle
- Doctoral advisor
- Christian Gustav Adolph Mayer
- Field of work
- topology
- Image
- Hausdorff 1913-1921.jpg
- Work location
- Leipzig
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- writing language
- German
- Commons category
- Felix Hausdorff
- date of birth
- 1868-11-08
- date of death
- 1942-01-26
- name in native language
- Felix Hausdorff
- manner of death
- Suicide
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- professorship
- professor
- pseudonym
- Paul Mongré
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Felix Hausdorff (/ˈhaʊsdɔːrf/ HOWS-dorf, /ˈhaʊzdɔːrf/ HOWZ-dorf; November 8, 1868 – January 26, 1942) was a German mathematician, pseudonym Paul Mongré (à mon gré (Fr.) = "according to my taste"), who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed significantly to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, and functional analysis.
Hausdorff was Jewish, and life became difficult for him and his family after the Kristallnacht of 1938. The next year he initiated efforts to emigrate to the United States, but was unable to make arrangements to receive a research fellowship. On 26 January 1942, Hausdorff, along with his wife and his sister-in-law, died by suicide by taking an overdose of veronal, rather than comply with German orders to move to a concentration camp in Endenich.
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