Hassler Whitney

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Yale_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Leroy_P._Steele_Prize
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:birthDate 1907-03-23
gptkbp:deathDate 1989-05-10
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:George_Birkhoff
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Frank_Adams
gptkb:Stephen_Smale
gptkb:Robert_Brooks
gptkb:Robert_Bryant
gptkb:Robert_Greene
gptkb:Robert_Gunning
gptkb:Robert_Hardt
gptkb:Robert_Hermann
gptkb:Robert_Palais
gptkb:Isadore_Singer
gptkb:John_Milnor
gptkb:Raoul_Bott
gptkb:Samuel_Eilenberg
gptkb:Edward_Spanier
gptkb:H._Blaine_Lawson
gptkb:William_Browder
gptkb:Robert_Wells
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hassler Whitney
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Stephen_Smale
gptkb:John_Milnor
gptkb:Raoul_Bott
gptkb:René_Thom
gptkb:Shing-Tung_Yau
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Solomon_Lefschetz
gptkb:George_Birkhoff
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Whitney_embedding_theorem
gptkb:Whitney_extension_theorem
gptkb:Whitney_trick
gptkb:Whitney_umbrella
matroid theory
differential topology
graph theory
Whitney sum
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Princeton,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Howell
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:fiber
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4