Hassler Whitney
American mathematician (1907-1989) · United States · Academics · Died at 82
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Something wrong?Hassler Whitney was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes and, geometric integration theory.
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1989Died10 May 19891985Leroy P. Steele PrizeAward1982Wolf Prize in MathematicsAward1976National Medal of ScienceAward1969Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford AwardsAward1907Born23 March 1907
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Lived 1907 to 1989 · aged 82
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