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Beno Eckmann

Date of Birth 31-March-1917
Place of Birth Bern
(Switzerland, Canton of Bern, Bern-Mittelland)
Nationality
Also know as B. Eckmann
Beno Eckmann was a Swiss mathematician who was a student of Heinz Hopf. Born in Bern, Eckmann received his master's degree from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich in 1939. Later he studied there under Heinz Hopf, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1941. Eckmann was the 2008 recipient of the Albert Einstein Medal. Calabi–Eckmann manifolds, Eckmann–Hilton duality, the Eckmann–Hilton argument, and the Eckmann–Shapiro lemma are named after Eckmann. Eckmann's son is mathematical physicist Jean-Pierre Eckmann.

Awards by Beno Eckmann

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