Robert Henry Sorgenfrey (August 14, 1915 – January 7, 1996) was an American mathematician and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles.[4] The Sorgenfrey line and the Sorgenfrey plane are named after him; the Sorgenfrey line was the first example of a normal topological space whose product with itself is not normal.
Robert Sorgenfrey | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 14, 1915[1] |
| Died | January 7, 1996 (aged 80)[2] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin[3] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | general topology |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | Concerning Triodic Continua (1941) |
| Doctoral advisor | R.L. Moore |
References
edit- ^ Iowa County Births: Robert Henry Sorgenfrey
- ^ California Death Index: Robert Henry Sorgenfrey
- ^ Robert Sorgenfrey at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Robert Sorgenfrey". www.senate.ucla.edu. Archived from the original on 2000-08-24.
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