Christos Papakyriakopoulos

E911227

Christos Papakyriakopoulos was a Greek mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to geometric topology, particularly his rigorous proofs of key results in three-dimensional manifold theory.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Christos Papakyriakopoulos canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human
mathematician
topologist
awardReceived 1964 Veblen Prize
linked to: Oswald Veblen Prize

American Mathematical Society Veblen Prize
linked to: Oswald Veblen Prize

Veblen Prize in Geometry
linked to: Oswald Veblen Prize
contributedTo three-dimensional manifold theory
countryOfCitizenship Greece
dateOfBirth 1914-06-29
dateOfDeath 1976-06-29
describedBySource MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Mathematics Genealogy Project
educatedAt National Technical University of Athens
University of Athens
employer Princeton University
ethnicGroup Greek
familyName Papakyriakopoulos
fieldOfWork geometric topology
mathematics
topology
fullName Christos Papakyriakopoulos
givenName Christos
hasAcademicAdvisor Carathéodory (broad mathematical tradition, not direct documented advisor)
hasAcademicDiscipline low-dimensional topology
hasWork "On Dehn's lemma and the asphericity of knots"
linked to: Dehn lemma

papers on 3-manifolds and knot theory
influenced C. D. Papakyriakopoulos school of 3-manifold topology
Friedhelm Waldhausen
John Stallings
development of modern 3-manifold topology
knownAs Papa
Papakyriakopoulos
languageOfWorkOrName English
Greek
memberOf Institute for Advanced Study
notableFor foundational contributions to geometric topology
rigorous proofs of key results in three-dimensional manifold theory
notableStudent John Stallings
notableWork proof of Dehn's lemma
proof of the loop theorem
proof of the sphere theorem
placeOfBirth Chrysoupoli, Kavala, Greece
linked to: Chrysoupoli
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey, United States
sexOrGender male
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States
workPeriod 20th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dehn lemma gapRepairedBy Christos Papakyriakopoulos
Dehn lemma modernProofBy Christos Papakyriakopoulos
Christos Papakyriakopoulos fullName Christos Papakyriakopoulos