Miroslav Katětov
Czech academic, mathematician and chess player
About Miroslav Katětov
Lived 1918 – 1995 (aged 77). Miroslav Katětov was a Czech mathematician, psychologist, chess player, topologist, pedagogue and chess composer.
Miroslav Katětov (; March 17, 1918, Chembar, Russia – December 15, 1995) was a Czech mathematician, chess master, and psychologist. His research interests in mathematics included topology and functional analysis. He was an author of the Katětov–Tong insertion theorem. From 1953 to 1957 he was rector of Charles University in Prague.
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Who was Miroslav Katětov?
Czech academic, mathematician and chess player (1918–1995)
When was Miroslav Katětov born?
Miroslav Katětov was born on 17 March 1918 in Belinsky.
When did Miroslav Katětov die?
Miroslav Katětov died on 15 December 1995 in Prague.
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Miroslav Katětov was a mathematician, psychologist, chess player, topologist, pedagogue and chess composer.
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Miroslav Katětov was Czech.
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