In the history of mathematics, Maurice Kraitchik is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Maurice Kraitchik as Belgian mathematician.
Maurice Kraitchik was born at Minsk in 1882. His recorded nationality is Belgium.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the foundations of mathematics were under open attack, and set theory and logic became urgent questions.
His academic posts were held at Sofina.
Mathematical work is judged by whether anyone can build on it, and that judgement takes decades.
That the work was done from Belgium matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Maurice Kraitchik died in 1957, aged 75. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Sofina
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