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Eduard Čech

Eduard Čech
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Eduard Čech was a Czech mathematician. His research interests included projective differential geometry and topology. He is especially known for the technique known as Stone–Čech compactification and the notion of Čech cohomology. He was the first to publish a proof of Tychonoff's theorem in 1937.

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  1. Albert Szent-GyörgyiSeptember 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986
  2. Christopher Kelk IngoldOctober 28, 1893 – December 8, 1970
  3. Eduard Čech (this page)June 29, 1893 – March 15, 1960
  4. Edward Adelbert DoisyNovember 13, 1893 – October 23, 1986
  5. Harold UreyApril 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981
  6. Hilda GeiringerSeptember 28, 1893 – March 22, 1973

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