Christos Papakyriakopoulos

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Christos Papakyriakopoulos was a Greek mathematician renowned for his foundational contributions to geometric topology, particularly his rigorous proofs of key results in three-dimensional manifold theory.

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Christos Papakyriakopoulos canonical 3

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instanceOf human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
topologist ⓘ
awardReceived 1964 Veblen Prize ⓘ
linked to: Oswald Veblen Prize

American Mathematical Society Veblen Prize ⓘ
linked to: Oswald Veblen Prize

Veblen Prize in Geometry ⓘ
linked to: Oswald Veblen Prize
contributedTo three-dimensional manifold theory ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Greece ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1914-06-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-06-29 ⓘ
describedBySource MacTutor History of Mathematics archive ⓘ
Mathematics Genealogy Project ⓘ
educatedAt National Technical University of Athens ⓘ
University of Athens ⓘ
employer Princeton University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
familyName Papakyriakopoulos ⓘ
fieldOfWork geometric topology ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
topology ⓘ
fullName Christos Papakyriakopoulos ⓘ
givenName Christos ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor Carathéodory (broad mathematical tradition, not direct documented advisor) ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline low-dimensional topology ⓘ
hasWork "On Dehn's lemma and the asphericity of knots" ⓘ
linked to: Dehn lemma

papers on 3-manifolds and knot theory ⓘ
influenced C. D. Papakyriakopoulos school of 3-manifold topology ⓘ
Friedhelm Waldhausen ⓘ
John Stallings ⓘ
development of modern 3-manifold topology ⓘ
knownAs Papa ⓘ
Papakyriakopoulos ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
memberOf Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
notableFor foundational contributions to geometric topology ⓘ
rigorous proofs of key results in three-dimensional manifold theory ⓘ
notableStudent John Stallings ⓘ
notableWork proof of Dehn's lemma ⓘ
proof of the loop theorem ⓘ
proof of the sphere theorem ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chrysoupoli, Kavala, Greece ⓘ
linked to: Chrysoupoli
placeOfDeath Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workLocation Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ
workPeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Dehn lemma → gapRepairedBy → Christos Papakyriakopoulos ⓘ
Dehn lemma → modernProofBy → Christos Papakyriakopoulos ⓘ
Christos Papakyriakopoulos → fullName → Christos Papakyriakopoulos ⓘ