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Swiss mathematician
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Male
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Birth:
31 March 1917(Bern)
Death:
25 November 2008(Zürich)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Beno Eckmann (March 31, 1917 – November 25, 2008 in Zurich) was a Swiss mathematician who was a student of Heinz Hopf.
Life
Born in Bern, Eckmann received his master's degree from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH) in 1939. Later he studied there under Heinz Hopf, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1941. Eckmann was the 2008 recipient of the Albert Einstein Medal.
Legacy
Calabi–Eckmann manifolds, Eckmann–Hilton duality, the Eckmann–Hilton argument, and the Eckmann–Shapiro lemma are named after Eckmann.
Family
Eckmann's son is mathematical physicist Jean-Pierre Eckmann.