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Categories: 1888 births, Princeton University faculty, Institute for Advanced Study faculty, Articles with short description, 20th-century American mathematicians
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James Waddell Alexander II  J. W. Alexander  James Waddell Alexander
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James Waddell Alexander II was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. Wikipedia
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James Waddell Alexander II was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. Wikipedia
American mathematician and topologist Wikipedia Disambiguation
American mathematician & topologist Wikipedia Disambiguation
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IS A
homo
ACADEMIC DEGREE
Doctor of Philosophy
AWARD RECEIVED
Bôcher Memorial Prize
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
United States
DOCTORAL ADVISOR
Veblen
EDUCATED AT
Paris University
Princeton University
University of Bologna
FAMILY NAME
Alexander
FATHER
John White Alexander
FIELD OF WORK
topology
mathematics
GIVEN NAME
James
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
English
MEMBER OF
National Academy of Sciences
NOTABLE WORK
Alexander polynomial
Alexander's trick
Alexander duality
Alexander horned sphere
Alexander–Spanier cohomology
+1 relations
OCCUPATION
mathematician
professeur des universités
PLACE OF BIRTH
Sea Bright
PLACE OF DEATH
Princeton
SEX OR GENDER
male
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James Waddell Alexander II
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James Waddell Alexander II
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James Waddell Alexander
Wikidata Alias
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J. W. Alexander

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