Henrik Petrini is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Henrik Petrini as Swedish physicist, mathematician and writer.
Henrik Petrini was born at Falu Kristine church parish in 1863. His recorded nationality is Sweden.
The nineteenth century made mathematics rigorous: definitions were tightened, foundations questioned, and whole fields created from scratch.
His academic posts were held at Uppsala University.
Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
That the work was done from Sweden matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Henrik Petrini died in 1957, aged 94. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Uppsala University
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