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Pavel Urysohn

Pavel Urysohn
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Pavel Samuilovich Urysohn was a Soviet mathematician who is best known for his contributions to the theory of topological dimension, and for developing Urysohn's metrization theorem and Urysohn's lemma, both of which are fundamental results in topology.

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  1. Albert ClaudeAugust 24, 1898 – May 22, 1983
  2. Charlotte Moore SitterlySeptember 24, 1898 – March 3, 1990
  3. Fritz ZwickyFebruary 14, 1898 – February 8, 1974
  4. Howard FloreySeptember 24, 1898 – February 21, 1968
  5. Isidor Isaac RabiJuly 29, 1898 – January 11, 1988
  6. Pavel Urysohn (this page)February 3, 1898 – August 17, 1924

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