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William Lawvere

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American mathematician

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William Lawvere
Mathematics
#139
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#337
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#60
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Measure Theory
#930
World Rank
#1214
Historical Rank
#346
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According to Wikipedia, Francis William Lawvere was an American mathematician known for his work in category theory, topos theory and the philosophy of mathematics. Biography Lawvere studied continuum mechanics as an undergraduate with Clifford Truesdell. He learned of category theory while teaching a course on functional analysis for Truesdell, specifically from a problem in John L. Kelley's textbook General Topology. Lawvere found it a promising framework for simple rigorous axioms for the physical ideas of Truesdell and Walter Noll. Truesdell supported Lawvere's application to study further with Samuel Eilenberg, a founder of category theory, at Columbia University in 1960.

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