Name Leo Zippin | ||
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Died May 11, 1995, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Education University of Pennsylvania Books Topological Transformation Groups, Uses of infinity | ||
Leo Zippin (1905 – May 11, 1995) was an American mathematician. He is best known for solving Hilbert's Fifth Problem with Deane Montgomery and Andrew M. Gleason in 1952.
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Biography
Leo Zippin was born in 1905 to Bella Salwen and Max Zippin, who had emigrated to New York City from the Ukraine in 1903. He did his undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania in 1929. His doctoral adviser was John Robert Kline.
Leo Zippin is the author of The Uses Of Infinity, and together with Deane Montgomery, the monograph Topological Transformation Groups. In 1952, he, along with Andrew M. Gleason and Deane Montgomery solved Hilbert's fifth problem.
Personal life
He married Frances Levinson in 1932. They had two children, Nina and Vivian. He taught at Queens College in Flushing, NY.