Leopoldo Nachbin

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Leopoldo Nachbin in 1943

Leopoldo Nachbin (7 January 1922 – 3 April 1993) was a Jewish-Brazilian[1] mathematician who dealt with topology, and harmonic analysis.[2]

Nachbin was born in Recife, and is best known for Nachbin's theorem. He died, aged 71, in Rio de Janeiro.

Nachbin was a Ph.D. student of Laurent Schwartz.[3]

His Ph.D. students include Francisco Antônio Dória and Seán Dineen.[3]

He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) of 1962 in Stockholm.[4]

Leopoldo went to primary school in Recife with Brazilian literary giant Clarice Lispector. He is featured in one of her short stories, called “As Grandes Punições” (The Great Punishments) in her book “Aprendendo a Viver,” by the Rocco publishing house.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Topology and Order (Krieger Pub. Co., 1965)
  • Introdução à Álgebra (McGraw-Hill, 1971, in Portuguese)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Garrido, Ángel; Wybraniec-Skardowska, Urszula, eds. (2018). The Lvov-Warsaw School: Past and Present. Birkhäuser. p. 782. ISBN 978-3-319-65429-4.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2016-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b Leopoldo Nachbin at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ International Mathematical Union (IMU) . "ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897" Archived 2017-11-24 at the Wayback Machine. mathunion.org. Retrieved on 8 July 2017.

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