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L. E. J. Brouwer

Dutch mathematician and logician

Lived
1881–1966
Country
Netherlands

Updated September 2026

About L. E. J. Brouwer

Luitzen Egbertus Jan "Bertus" Brouwer was a Dutch mathematician and philosopher who worked in topology, set theory, measure theory and complex analysis. Regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 20th century, he is known as one of the founders of modern topology, particularly for establishing his fixed-point theorem and the topological invariance of dimension.

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