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Max August Zorn

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Max August Zorn

Birth
Krefeld, Stadtkreis Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
9 Mar 1993 (aged 86)
Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Donated to Medical Science. Specifically: IU Medical School Add to Map
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Son of Theodor Maximillan Wilhelm Zorn and Anna Nissan Zorn

Retired from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN in 1971 as a Professor of Mathematics, best known among mathematicians for Zorn's Lemma, a fundamental proposition with many applications in mathematical theory.

Zorn was a native of Germany and taught there before emigrating in 1933. He developed Zorn's Lemma while at Yale University in 1934-1935. He also taught at UCLA before coming to IU in 1946.
Son of Theodor Maximillan Wilhelm Zorn and Anna Nissan Zorn

Retired from Indiana University, Bloomington, IN in 1971 as a Professor of Mathematics, best known among mathematicians for Zorn's Lemma, a fundamental proposition with many applications in mathematical theory.

Zorn was a native of Germany and taught there before emigrating in 1933. He developed Zorn's Lemma while at Yale University in 1934-1935. He also taught at UCLA before coming to IU in 1946.


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