José Augusto Sánchez Pérez worked in mathematics at a period when the field's own foundations were under discussion.
The record lists José Augusto Sánchez Pérez as Spanish mathematician (1882–1958).
José Augusto Sánchez Pérez was born at Madrid in 1882. His recorded nationality is Spain. He studied at Universidad Central.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
A theorem is permanent in a way no experiment can be, which raises the standard for entry.
That the work was done from Spain matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
José Augusto Sánchez Pérez died in 1958, aged 76. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
