Eduard Čech
Facts
30 properties- Instance of
- human
- Sex or gender
- male
- Date of birth
- June 29, 1893
- Date of death
- March 15, 1960
- Country of citizenship
- Czechoslovakia[12]
- Occupation
- mathematician, topologist, teacher, pedagogue
- Employer
- Charles University (1922–1923), Masaryk University (1923–1941), Austro-Hungarian Army (1915–1918), Charles University (1945–1960)[16][17][18][19]
- Field of work
- topology, differential geometry, mathematics[13][14][15]
- Educated at
- Charles University (1912–1920), University of Turin (1921–1922), Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Examination Board for Teachers at Secondary Schools of Charles University[20][21][22][23]
- Award received
- Order of the Republic
- Notable work
- preclosure operator, Čech cohomology, Stone–Čech compactification
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia
- Doctoral advisor
- Karel Petr[24]
- Doctoral student
- Petr Vopěnka, Věra Trnková, Zdeněk Frolík, Miroslav Fiedler, Vlastimil Dlab, Ivo Babuška, Vlastimil Dlab
- Student of
- Guido Fubini
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- Czech
- Academic thesis
- O křivkovém a plošném elementu třetího řádu projektivního prostoru
- Conflict
- World War I
- Described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8, regional database of the Research Library in Hradec Králové, regional database of the Municipal Library of Hradec Kralove
- Family name
- Čech
- Given name
- Eduard
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- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Member of
- Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences (1947–present), Polish Academy of Sciences
- Name in native language
- Eduard Čech
- Participated in conflict
- World War I
- Place of burial
- Vršovice Cemetery[11]
- Student
- Bedřich Pospíšil[25]
- ISNI
- 0000000109598529
- VIAF cluster ID
- 22944310
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n84802732
- GND ID
- 119122030
- AbART person ID
- 41897
- All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
- 24569
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
- eduard-cech
- BHCL UUID
- d7678e6a-ab41-4c92-9926-bbda032e3f4d
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 10084643q
- Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands ID
- 44555
- CBDB.cz author ID
- 38795
- CONOR.SI ID
- 245508195
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- DDB person (GND) ID
- 119122030
- Databazeknih.cz author ID
- 41929
- Encyclopedia of Brno History person ID
- 4130
- FAST ID
- 130364
- Freebase ID
- /m/03j115
- Geni profile ID
- 6000000000486265651
- IdRef ID
- 083626913
- J9U entity ID
- 987007427790405171
- Libris-URI
- vs68c9td1c04w82
- MR Author ID
- 341923
- MacTutor biography ID
- Cech
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 13698
- NE.se ID
- eduard-cech
- NL CR AUT ID
- jk01021101
- NLA Trove people ID
- 800338
- NLab ID
- Eduard Čech
- NUKAT ID
- n01200942
- National Library of Poland MMS ID
- 9810546193405606
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 073332437
- Obálky knih ID
- jk01021101
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
- 3883765
- Open Library ID
- OL6181613A, OL1742224A
- OpenMLOL author ID
- 95247
- Prabook ID
- 2403826
- ProofWiki ID
- Mathematician:Eduard_Čech
- SBN author ID
- PUVV126028
- SELIBR ID
- 267702
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 55372
- SNAC ARK ID
- w6qg23p4
- SNK ID
- 170000
- SVKKL authority ID
- p0071065-cech-Eduard-18931960
- Students of Prague Universities ID
- 1740576037421035
- Treccani ID
- eduard-cech
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJxxc6TJTBDbx6MrTwFBT3
- ZbMATH author ID
- cech.eduard
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Summary
Born in Stračov[1], he… he was born on June 29, 1893[2]. He passed away in Prague[3]. He died on March 15, 1960[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5], topologist[6], teacher[7], and pedagogue[8].
Body
Origins and Family
Recorded place of birth include Stračov[1], a municipality of the Czech Republic[26], in Czech Republic[27].
Education
Educated at Charles University[20], a public university[28], in Czech Republic[29], founded in 1348[30], headquartered in Prague[31]; University of Turin[21], a university[32], in Italy[33], founded in 1404[34]; Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague[22], a faculty[35], in Czech Republic[36], founded in 1348[37], headquartered in Prague[38]; and Examination Board for Teachers at Secondary Schools of Charles University[23]. He studied under Guido Fubini[39].
Career and Affiliations
Fields of work include topology[13], a branch of mathematics[40]; differential geometry[14], a branch of mathematics[41]; and mathematics[15], an academic discipline[42]. Employers include Charles University[16], a public university[43], in Czech Republic[44], founded in 1348[45], headquartered in Prague[46]; Masaryk University[17], a public university[47], in Czech Republic[48], founded in 1919[49], headquartered in Brno[50]; and Austro-Hungarian Army[18], an army[51], in Austria–Hungary[52], founded in 1867[53]. Doctoral students include Petr Vopěnka[54], a mathematician[55], 1935–2015[56], of Czech Republic[57], awarded the Czech Medal of Merit[58], specialised in set theory[59]; Věra Trnková[60], a topologist[61], 1934–2018[62], of Czech Republic[63], specialised in mathematics[64]; Zdeněk Frolík[65], a mathematician[66], 1933–1989[67], of Czechoslovakia[68], specialised in topology[69]; Miroslav Fiedler[70], a mathematician[71], 1926–2015[72], of Czech Republic[73], awarded the Czech Medal of Merit[74], specialised in graph theory[75]; Vlastimil Dlab[76]; and Ivo Babuška[77].
Works and Contributions
Notable works include preclosure operator[78], Čech cohomology[79], and Stone–Čech compactification[80]. Things named for Eduard Čech include Stone–Čech compactification[81], a universal property[82]; Čech cohomology[83], a mathematical concept[84]; and 7739 Čech[85].
Recognition
Eduard Čech received the Order of the Republic[86].
Death and Burial
Recorded place of death include Prague[3], a municipality with town privileges in the Czech Republic[87], in Czech Republic[88], founded in 0800[89], headquartered in Prague[90].
Why It Matters
He is credited with the discovery of Stone–Čech compactification[91], a universal property[92]. Entities named for him include Stone–Čech compactification[81], a universal property[82]; Čech cohomology[83], a mathematical concept[84]; and 7739 Čech[85].
His notable doctoral advisees include Miroslav Fiedler[93], a mathematician[94], 1926–2015[95], of Czech Republic[96], awarded the Czech Medal of Merit[97], specialised in graph theory[98]; Petr Vopěnka[99], a mathematician[100], 1935–2015[101], of Czech Republic[102], awarded the Czech Medal of Merit[103], specialised in set theory[104]; and Ivo Babuška[105], a mathematician[106], 1926–2023[107], of Czech Republic[108], awarded the George David Birkhoff Prize[109], specialised in numerical analysis[110].
FAQs
Where was Eduard Čech born?
Eduard Čech was born in Stračov[1].
Where did Eduard Čech die?
Eduard Čech passed away in Prague[3].
What did Eduard Čech do for work?
Eduard Čech worked as mathematician[5], topologist[6], teacher[7], and pedagogue[8].
Where did Eduard Čech go to school?
Eduard Čech was educated at Charles University[20], University of Turin[21], Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague[22], and Examination Board for Teachers at Secondary Schools of Charles University[23].
What awards did Eduard Čech receive?
Honors received include Order of the Republic[86].
What did Eduard Čech discover?
Eduard Čech is credited as discoverer of Stone–Čech compactification[91].