Nationality Austrian Role Mathematician | Name Leopold Vietoris | |
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Born 4 June 1891Bad Radkersburg, StyriaAustria-Hungary ( 1891-06-04 ) Doctoral students Eva AmbachWalter DurkHelmut GromerKurt HellmichHiltrud JochumJohann LeichtFortunat PescolderungMartha PetschacherGerhard Riege Spouse Maria Josefa (m. 1936), Klara Riccabona (m. 1928) Doctoral advisor | ||
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Leopold Vietoris (; [viːˈtoːʀɪs]; 4 June 1891 – 9 April 2002) was an Austrian mathematician and a World War I veteran. He was born in Radkersburg and died in Innsbruck.
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He was known for his contributions to topology—notably the Mayer–Vietoris sequence—and other fields of mathematics, his interest in mathematical history and for being a keen alpinist. Vietoris attended the University of Vienna, where he earned his Ph.D in 1920.
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Biography
He studied mathematics and geometry at the Technical University in Vienna. Vietoris was drafted in 1914 in World War I and was wounded in September that same year. On 4 November 1918, one week before the Armistice of Villa Giusti, he became an Italian prisoner of war. In autumn 1928 he married his first wife Klara Riccabona, who later died while giving birth to their sixth daughter. In 1936 he married Klara's sister, Maria Riccabona.
Vietoris was survived by his six daughters, 17 grandchildren, and 30 great-grandchildren.
He lends his name to a few mathematical concepts:
Vietoris remained scientifically active in his later years, even writing one paper on trigonometric sums at the age of 103.
Vietoris lived to be 110 years and 309 days old, and became the oldest verified Austrian man ever.