Edwin Spanier
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 29 years ago |
| Date of birth | August 8,1921 |
| Zodiac sign | Leo |
| Born | Washington |
| D.C. | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | October 11,1996 |
| Died | Scottsdale |
| Arizona | |
| United States | |
| Books | Obstruction Theory |
| Algebraic Topology | |
| Algebraic Topology: 3rd Printing | |
| Known for | Alexander–Spanier cohomology |
| Dubins–Spanier theorems | |
| Spanier–Whitehead duality | |
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| ID | 705185 |
Edwin Spanier Life story
Edwin Henry Spanier was an American mathematician at the University of California at Berkeley, working in algebraic topology. He co-invented Spanier–Whitehead duality and Alexander–Spanier cohomology, and wrote what was for a long time the standard textbook on algebraic topology.
