Octav Mayer belongs to the mathematical record as a figure whose results outlasted the problems that prompted them.
The record lists Octav Mayer as Romanian mathematician (1895–1966).
Octav Mayer was born at Mizil in 1895. His recorded nationality is Romania. He studied at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and University of Turin.
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 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University.
Mathematics is the one discipline whose results, once proved, are never overturned.
That the work was done from Romania matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Octav Mayer died in 1966, aged 71. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Held posts at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
