L. E. J. Brouwer [SEP] date of death
L. E. J. Brouwer
Luitzen Egbertus Jan Brouwer (; ; 27 February 1881 – 2 December 1966), usually cited as L. E. J. Brouwer but known to his friends as Bertus, was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher, who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. He was the founder of the mathematical philosophy of intuitionism.
Biography.
Early in his career, Brouwer proved a number of theorems in the emerging field of topology. The most important were his fixed point theorem, the topological
and methods of intuitionism," 1197-1207.
- Brouwer, L. E. J., "Collected Works, Vol. I", Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1975.
- Brouwer, L. E. J., "Collected Works, Vol. II", Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1976.
- Brouwer, L. E. J., "Life, Art, and Mysticism," Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, vol. 37 (1996), pp. 389–429. Translated by W. P.