Robert Sorgenfrey
American mathematician
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Robert Henry Sorgenfrey (August 14, 1915 – January 7, 1996) was an American mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles at UCLA until his retirement in 1979.[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.
BornAugust 14, 1915[1]
DiedJanuary 7, 1996 (aged 80)[2]
AlmamaterUniversity of Texas at Austin (PhD)[3]
University of California, Los Angeles (undergrad)
University of California, Los Angeles (undergrad)
Fieldsgeneral topology
Robert Sorgenfrey | |
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| Born | August 14, 1915[1] |
| Died | January 7, 1996 (aged 80)[2] |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin (PhD)[3] University of California, Los Angeles (undergrad) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | general topology |
| Workplaces | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Thesis | Concerning Triodic Continua (1941) |
| R.L. Moore | |
