Zeeman, Erik Christopher

ZEEMAN, ERIK CHRISTOPHER (1925-). Zeeman was an English mathematician. His doctoral work was in pure mathematics and he received his Ph D. in 1954 for a thesis on knots and all the algebra you need to actually prove the existence of knots. He did research in topology, which is a type of geometry that examines the properties of shapes in many dimensions. His best known work was in catastrophe theory. His work has consequences for a broad range of fields from weather to psychiatry. Zeeman also made contributions in the development of the chaos theory. 

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