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31: 251:(assistant professor 1952–56, associate professor 1956–60, professor 1960) for over 40 years, from 1952 until his retirement in 1993. He was also a visiting scholar at the 467: 487: 462: 163: 517: 457: 452: 150:, most notably for his pioneering research on set-valued mappings. He is credited with developing the theory of continuous selections. The 392:
Michael, Ernest A. (1952), Locally Multiplicatively-Convex Topological Algebras, Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society 11,
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and P.V.Semenov, Ernest Michael and theory of continuous selections, Topol. Appl. 155:8 (2008), 755–763.
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and P.V.Semenov, Ernest Michael and theory of continuous selections, Topol. Appl. 155:8 (2008), 749–922.
151: 248: 260: 222: 206: 194: 295: 233: 98: 497: 492: 396: 324: 8: 76: 312: 229: 218: 214: 210: 102: 228:. He returned to Cornell, where he received his B.A. in 1947. He earned his M.A. from 380: 368: 175: 167: 304: 198: 187: 171: 147: 126: 393: 320: 202: 205:, until 1932. Anticipating the burgeoning threat of Nazism, his family moved to 433: 446: 407: 241: 183: 131: 119: 58: 316: 256: 88: 308: 54: 159: 422: 30: 247:
Michael was a member of the Department of Mathematics at the
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213:, graduating at age 15. His undergraduate career at 186:. He wrote over 100 papers, mostly in the area of 209:, and then to New York in 1939. Michael attended 444: 349:"Ernest Michael's Obituary by The Seattle Times" 468:Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars 266:In 2012 he became an inaugural fellow of the 201:parents, Jacob and Erna Michael. He lived in 488:Fellows of the American Mathematical Society 236:in 1951, writing his dissertation titled 463:American people of German-Jewish descent 217:was interrupted when he enlisted in the 282: 273:Michael died in 2013 at the age of 87. 155: 445: 343: 341: 255:(1951–52, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1968–69), 221:(1944–46), where he served aboard the 154:is named for him, which he proved in ( 518:Mathematicians from New York (state) 458:21st-century American mathematicians 453:20th-century American mathematicians 338: 13: 14: 529: 276: 29: 473:American mathematical analysts 427: 416: 401: 386: 374: 362: 1: 412:Mathematics Genealogy Project 331: 268:American Mathematical Society 483:University of Chicago alumni 253:Institute for Advanced Study 232:in 1948, and Ph.D. from The 158:). Michael is also known in 7: 10: 534: 288:"Continuous selections. I" 513:Horace Mann School alumni 508:Cornell University alumni 503:Harvard University alumni 240:under the supervision of 152:Michael selection theorem 137: 125: 115: 108: 94: 84: 65: 40: 28: 21: 249:University of Washington 436:, retrieved 2013-02-04. 261:University of Stuttgart 211:Horace Mann High School 207:The Hague, Netherlands 197:, August 26, 1925, to 16:American mathematician 296:Annals of Mathematics 234:University of Chicago 99:University of Chicago 478:American topologists 193:Michael was born in 195:Zürich, Switzerland 77:Seattle, Washington 230:Harvard University 219:United States Navy 215:Cornell University 180:irrational numbers 103:Harvard University 299:, Second Series, 176:topological space 168:paracompact space 144:Ernest A. Michael 141: 140: 110:Scientific career 23:Ernest A. Michael 525: 437: 431: 425: 420: 414: 405: 399: 390: 384: 378: 372: 366: 360: 359: 357: 356: 345: 327: 292: 199:Ashkenazi Jewish 188:general topology 148:general topology 127:Doctoral advisor 72: 50: 48: 33: 19: 18: 533: 532: 528: 527: 526: 524: 523: 522: 443: 442: 441: 440: 432: 428: 421: 417: 406: 402: 391: 387: 379: 375: 367: 363: 354: 352: 347: 346: 339: 334: 309:10.2307/1969615 290: 284:Michael, Ernest 279: 203:Berlin, Germany 101: 95:Alma mater 80: 74: 70: 61: 52: 51:August 26, 1925 46: 44: 36: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 531: 521: 520: 515: 510: 505: 500: 495: 490: 485: 480: 475: 470: 465: 460: 455: 439: 438: 426: 415: 408:Ernest Michael 400: 385: 373: 361: 336: 335: 333: 330: 329: 328: 278: 277:Selected works 275: 259:(1973–74) and 139: 138: 135: 134: 129: 123: 122: 117: 113: 112: 106: 105: 96: 92: 91: 86: 82: 81: 75: 73:(aged 87) 69:April 29, 2013 67: 63: 62: 53: 42: 38: 37: 35:Ernest Michael 34: 26: 25: 22: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 530: 519: 516: 514: 511: 509: 506: 504: 501: 499: 496: 494: 491: 489: 486: 484: 481: 479: 476: 474: 471: 469: 466: 464: 461: 459: 456: 454: 451: 450: 448: 435: 430: 424: 419: 413: 409: 404: 398: 395: 389: 382: 377: 370: 365: 350: 344: 342: 337: 326: 322: 318: 314: 310: 306: 302: 298: 297: 289: 285: 281: 280: 274: 271: 269: 264: 262: 258: 254: 250: 245: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 226: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 196: 191: 189: 185: 181: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 136: 133: 130: 128: 124: 121: 118: 114: 111: 107: 104: 100: 97: 93: 90: 87: 83: 78: 68: 64: 60: 56: 43: 39: 32: 27: 20: 429: 418: 403: 388: 376: 364: 353:. Retrieved 351:. Legacy.com 300: 294: 283: 272: 265: 246: 242:Irving Segal 237: 224: 192: 164:Michael line 156:Michael 1956 143: 142: 132:Irving Segal 109: 71:(2013-04-29) 498:2013 deaths 493:1925 births 263:(1978–79). 120:Mathematics 85:Nationality 59:Switzerland 447:Categories 355:2013-06-10 332:References 257:ETH Zurich 47:1925-08-26 225:Kwajalein 174:with the 381:D.Repovs 369:D.Repovs 286:(1956), 162:for the 160:topology 89:American 410:at the 397:0051444 325:0077107 317:1969615 182:is not 178:of the 172:product 323:  315:  184:normal 170:whose 116:Fields 55:Zürich 313:JSTOR 291:(PDF) 223:USS 166:, a 79:, US 66:Died 41:Born 305:doi 449:: 394:MR 340:^ 321:MR 319:, 311:, 301:63 293:, 270:. 244:. 190:. 57:, 358:. 307:: 49:) 45:(

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Zürich
Switzerland
Seattle, Washington
American
University of Chicago
Harvard University
Mathematics
Doctoral advisor
Irving Segal
general topology
Michael selection theorem
Michael 1956
topology
Michael line
paracompact space
product
topological space
irrational numbers
normal
general topology
Zürich, Switzerland
Ashkenazi Jewish
Berlin, Germany
The Hague, Netherlands
Horace Mann High School
Cornell University
United States Navy
USS Kwajalein
Harvard University

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