罗伯特·李·莫尔:美国德州拓扑学派奠基人

Robert Lee Moore and the Topology School of Texas

罗伯特·李·莫尔是活跃在20世纪上半叶的美国著名数学家,主要研究兴趣为点集拓扑,同时对几何、分析等领域也有重要贡献。莫尔在德州大学奥斯汀分校任教长达49年,通过自己独特的公理化教学法“莫尔方法”,培养了大量优秀的数学人才,他和他的追随者后来被称作“莫尔学派”,即德州拓扑学派,使得莫尔成为点集拓扑学发展史上承上启下的重要人物。

Robert Lee Moore was a famous American mathematician active in the first half of the 20th century.His main research interest is point set topology.At the same time,he has also made important contributions to the fields of geometry,analysis and so on.Moore taught at the University of Texas at Austin for 49 years.Through his unique axiomatic teaching method,the “Moore Method”,he trained a large number of excellent mathematical talents.He and his followers were later called the “Moore School”,that is,the Topology School of Texas,making Moore an important connecting person in the development history of point set topology.