Heinz Hopf

Heinz Hopf
Hopf in 1954
Born(1894-11-19)19 November 1894
Died3 June 1971(1971-06-03) (aged 76)
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
Known forAlmost complex manifold
H-space
Hopf algebra
Hopf conjecture
Hopf fibration
Hopf invariant
Hopf link
Hopf manifold
Hopf surface
Hopf theorem
Hopf's integral formula
Hopfion
Hopf–Rinow theorem
Freudenthal-Hopf theorems
Killing–Hopf theorem
Poincaré–Hopf theorem
Grid cell topology
Spherical space form conjecture
Sphere theorem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsETH Zürich
Thesis Über Zusammmenhänge zwischen Topologie und Metrik von Mannigfaltigkeiten[1]  (1925)
Doctoral advisorErhard Schmidt
Ludwig Bieberbach
Doctoral studentsBeno Eckmann
Hans Freudenthal
Alfred Frölicher
Werner Gysin
Friedrich Hirzebruch
Michel Kervaire
Willi Rinow
Hans Samelson
Ernst Specker
Eduard Stiefel
James J. Stoker
Alice Roth

Heinz Hopf (19 November 1894 – 3 June 1971) was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of dynamical systems, topology and geometry.[2]

  1. ^ Heinz Hopf at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ I.M. James, ed. (24 August 1999). History of Topology. Elsevier. p. 991. ISBN 978-0-08-053407-7.

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