L. E. J. Brouwer
L. E. J. Brouwer
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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
Born
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer 27 February 1881 Overschie, Netherlands
Died
2 December 1966 (aged 85) Blaricum, Netherlands
Nationality
Dutch
Known for
Brouwer–Hilbert controversy Brouwer fixed-point theorem Brouwer–Heyting–Kolmogorov interpretation Jordan-Brouwer separation theorem Kleene–Brouwer order Phragmen–Brouwer theorem Tietze-Urysohn-Brouwer
Fields
Mathematics
Alma mater
University of Amsterdam
Awards
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Institutions
University of Amsterdam
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Netherlands
Doctoral advisor
Diederik Korteweg
Doctoral students
Arend Heyting
era
1800+
Influenced
Hermann Weyl Michael Dummett Ludwig Wittgenstein
Influences
Immanuel Kant Arthur Schopenhauer