Died 1966-12-02.
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Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, he is known as one of the founders of modern topology, particularly for establishing his fixed-point theorem and the topological invariance of dimension.
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Born 27 February 1881 · Died 2 December 1966 · Q155887
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1966· 2 entries
At the age of 85, struck by a vehicle while crossing the street in front of his house
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1948· 1 entry
Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1948).
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1920· 1 entry
Weyl, Hilbert's prize pupil, sided with Brouwer against Hilbert
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1912· 1 entry
At age 31, he was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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1905· 1 entry
At the age of 24, Brouwer expressed his philosophy of life in a short tract Life, Art and Mysticism, which has been described by the mathematician Martin Davis as "drenched in romantic pessimism" (Davis (2002), p
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1881· 1 entry
Born 1881-02-27.
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