Karl Menger (nonfiction)
Karl Menger (January 13, 1902 – October 5, 1985) was an Austrian-American mathematician.
He is credited with Menger's theorem. He worked on mathematics of algebras, algebra of geometries, curve and dimension theory, etc. Moreover, he contributed to game theory and social sciences.
His most famous popular contribution was the Menger sponge (mistakenly known as Sierpinski's sponge), a three-dimensional version of Sierpinski's carpet. It is also related to the Cantor set.
With Arthur Cayley, Menger is considered one of the founders of distance geometry; especially by having formalized definitions to the notions of angle and of curvature in terms of directly measurable physical quantities, namely ratios of distance values.
He was the son of the famous economist Carl Menger.
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External links:
- Karl Menger @ Wikipedia