# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/petr-vopenka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:31:21.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/petr-vopenka"
name: "Petr Vopěnka"
slug: "petr-vopenka"
description: "Petr Vopěnka was a Czech mathematician. In the early seventies, he developed alternative set theory, which he subsequently developed in a series of articles and monographs. Vopěnka’s name is associated with many mathematical achievements, including Vopěnka's principle.\nSince the mid-eighties he concerned himself with philosophical questions of mathematics."
tagline: "Czech philosopher, mathematician, and politician (1935-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vopenka.jpg?width=1200"
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birthDate: "1935-05-16"
deathDate: "2015-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump