- Leopold Vietoris
Leopold Vietoris (
Radkersburg ,June 4 ,1891 -Innsbruck ,April 9 ,2002 ) was anAustria nmathematician who gained additional fame by becoming asupercentenarian (especially for a male).He was known for his contributions to
topology and other fields ofmathematics , his interest in mathematical history and for being a keenalpinist . Vietoris attended theUniversity of Vienna , where he earned his Ph.D in 1920. With his wife Maria Josefa Vincentia, born von Riccabona zu Reichenfels (July 18 ,1901 -March 24 ,2002 ), dying at age 100, they became one of the eldest couples of the world, having the sixth highest aggregate age of a married couple (total combined age).He lends his name to a few mathematical concepts:
*Vietoris topology (seetopological space )
*Vietorishomology (seehomology theory )
*Mayer-Vietoris sequence
*Vietoris-Begle mapping theorem
*Vietoris–Rips complex Vietoris lived to be 110 years and 309 days old, and became the oldest known Austrian man ever. In doing so, he also is a rare example of a supercentenarian already known for some other achievement.
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List of people with the longest marriages#Highest combined age of married couples
*Supercentenarian External links
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* [http://www.ams.org/notices/200210/fea-vietoris.pdf "Leopold Vietoris (1891-2002)"] , "Notices of the American Mathematical Society", vol. 49, no. 10 (November 2002) by Heinrich Reitberger
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