Felix Hausdorff
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a German mathematician, who is considered to be one of the founders of modern topology and who contributed to set theory, descriptive set theory, measure theory, and functional analysis.
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Born
November 8, 1868 Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland )
Died
January 26, 1942 (aged 73) Bonn, Germany
Nationality
German
Known for
Hausdorff measure Hausdorff dimension Hausdorff space Hausdorff maximal principle Hausdorff distance Hausdorff paradox Hausdorff moment problem Hausdorff–Young inequality
Fields
Mathematics
Alma mater
University of Leipzig
Institutions
University of Bonn, University of Greifswald, University of Leipzig
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Hausdorff (1873-1942)
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Germany
Doctoral advisor
Heinrich Bruns Adolph Mayer
era
1800+
Thesis
Zur Theorie der astronomischen Strahlenbrechung (1891)