Oswald Veblen

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American mathematician (1880-1960)

United States AcademicsLived 1880 to 1960 · aged 80

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Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.

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Order of St. Olav

honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo

Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford

honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh

honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow

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FatherAndrew Anderson Veblen

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Henry IrvingAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow

William Morris DavisAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo

PrajadhipokAlso won Order of St. Olav

Nikolaus PevsnerAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh

Michael RostovtzeffAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford

L. E. J. BrouwerAlso won honorary doctorate of the University of Oslo

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Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905; while this was long considered the first rigorous proof of the theorem, many now also consider Camille Jordan's original proof rigorous.

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