Meyer Bockstein (also Меер Феликсович Бокштейн or Meer Feliksovich Bokshtein or Bokstein) (4 October 1913 to 2 May 1990) was a

topologist In mathematics, topology (from the Greek words , and ) is concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling, and bending; that is, without closing h ...

from

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

who introduced the Bockstein homomorphism. The

Bockstein spectral sequence In mathematics, the Bockstein spectral sequence is a spectral sequence relating the homology with mod ''p'' coefficients and the homology reduced mod ''p''. It is named after Meyer Bockstein. Definition Let ''C'' be a chain complex o ...

is named after him.

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Russian Jewish Encyclopedia
(Entry 791) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bockstein, Meyer F. Topologists 1913 births 1990 deaths Mathematicians from Moscow Soviet mathematicians