Max August Zorn

1906

Max August Zorn (; June 6, 1906 – March 9, 1993) was a German mathematician.

1922

Zorn's lemma was first postulated by Kazimierz Kuratowski in 1922, and then independently by Zorn in 1935. ==Life and career== Zorn was born in Krefeld, Germany.

1930

in April 1930 for a thesis on alternative algebras.

1931

Jens (born June 19, 1931) is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Michigan and an accomplished sculptor.

1933

However, he did not have the opportunity to work there for long since he was forced to leave Germany in 1933 because of the Nazi policies.

Few people knew why, because he only told the story after significant prodding, but he talked that way because pro-Hitler thugs who objected to his politics, had battered his throat in a 1933 street fight." Zorn emigrated to the U.S.

1935

Zorn's lemma was first postulated by Kazimierz Kuratowski in 1922, and then independently by Zorn in 1935. ==Life and career== Zorn was born in Krefeld, Germany.

1936

Zorn's lemma is an alternative expression of the axiom of choice, and thus a subject of interest in axiomatic set theory. In 1936 he moved to UCLA and remained until 1946.

1946

Zorn's lemma is an alternative expression of the axiom of choice, and thus a subject of interest in axiomatic set theory. In 1936 he moved to UCLA and remained until 1946.

Taylor, Max was his most stimulating colleague at UCLA. In 1946 Zorn became a professor at Indiana University where he taught until retiring in 1971.

1971

Taylor, Max was his most stimulating colleague at UCLA. In 1946 Zorn became a professor at Indiana University where he taught until retiring in 1971.

1993

Max August Zorn (; June 6, 1906 – March 9, 1993) was a German mathematician.

He was thesis advisor for Israel Nathan Herstein. Zorn died in Bloomington, Indiana, United States, in March 1993, of congestive heart failure, according to his obituary in The New York Times. ==Family== Max Zorn married Alice Schlottau and they had one son, Jens, and one daughter, Liz.




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