Robert Henry Sorgefrey
Robert Henry Sorgefrey (born August 14, 1915 - January 7, 1996 ) was an American mathematician .
Robert Sorgefrey began studying mathematics and physics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1933 . He received his doctorate in 1941 at the University of Texas at Austin with the dissertation Concerning Triodic Continua with Robert Lee Moore . After further studies at the University of Texas at Austin, he returned to Westwood in 1942 ; all of his other academic career took place at UCLA, where he was retired in 1979.
With the help of the “ Sorgefrey Line” and “ Sorgefrey Plane” named after him , he achieved the topological result that products of normal spaces are generally not normal again.
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- ^ Death: Mathematics People in: www.ams.org; accessed on December 23, 2015
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| SURNAME | Carefree, Robert Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1915 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 7, 1996 |