Samuel Eilenberg

Samuel Eilenberg (September 30, 1913-January 30, 1998) was a Polish mathematician. He was born in Warsaw, Poland and died in New York, USA.

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September 30 - 1913 - January 30 - 1998 - Polish - Mathematician - Warsaw - New York - USA

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His main interest was topology. He worked on the axiomatic treatment of homology theory with Norman Steenrod, and on homological algebra with Saunders Mac Lane, wrote a book on homological algebra with Henri Cartan that became a classic, and took part in the Bourbaki group meetings. Later in life he worked mainly in pure category theory, being one of the founders of the field. The Eilenberg telescope is a surprising construction, applying the telescoping cancellation idea to projective modules. Eilenberg also wrote an important book on automata theory.

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Topology - Homology theory - Norman Steenrod - Homological algebra - Saunders Mac Lane - Henri Cartan - Bourbaki - Category theory - Telescoping cancellation - Projective module - Automata theory

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X-machines (a form of automata) were introduced in 1974 by Samuel Eilenberg.

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