Leo Zippin

Leo Zippin (1905- May 11, 1995) was an American mathematician. His parents were Bella Salwen and Max Zippin who immigrated to New York City from the Ukraine in 1903.

Education

He did his undergraduate and graduate work at University of Pennsylvania in 1929. His doctoral adviser was John Robert Kline. He was the author of The Uses Of Infinity and together with Deane Montgomery, the monograph Topological Transformation Groups. In 1952, he, along with Andrew M. Gleason and Deane Montgomery solved Hilbert's fifth problem.^[1]

Personal Life

He married Frances Levinson in 1932. They had two children, Nina and Vivian

References

^ Earman, John; Glymour, Clark N.; Stachel, John J.; Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science (1977). Foundations of space-time theories. U of Minnesota Press. pp. 38–. ISBN 9780816608072. http://books.google.com/books?id=iorglDZWVcwC&pg=PA38. Retrieved 22 May 2011.

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Name	Zippin, Leo
Alternative names
Short description	Mathematician
Date of birth	1905
Place of birth
Date of death	May 11, 1995
Place of death	Manhattan, New York