Nikodym, Otton Martin, 1887-1974.
Otton Martin Nikodym papers, 1925-1981.
The papers contain notes and drafts for unpulished works on affine geometry, algebra of fields, Frechet and abstract Riemannian integrals, and measure theory; together with notes, drafts, and proofs for several published works. Material used in preparing volume 1 (published ) and volume 2 (unpublished) of The Mathjematical Apparatus for Quantum Theories, is included. Volume II is virtually complete, requiring final editing. There are notes and drafts for popular lectures, courses, and textbooks on algebra, geometry, and logic. The collection includes Nikodym's bibliography and reprints, together with his library (annotated) and reprint colection. Papers are in English, French, Italian, and Polish. Correspondents include J.-L. Destouches, N. Dunford, M. Frechet, J. Hasse, G. Kudwig, C. Paue, and W. Sierpinski. Material includes correspondence, subject bibliographies, and photographs.
Nikodym was born in Poland, and educated at the Universities of Lwow and Warsaw, and the Sorbonne. He taught at the Universites of Cracaw and Warsaw and the High Polytechnical School in Cracaw. He came to the United States in 1948 to join the faculty of Kenyon College, where he remained until his retirement in 1966. Nikodym's best-known early work was his contribution to the develoment of the Lebesque-Radon-Nikodym integral. His work in measure theory led him to an interest in abstract Boolean lattices. his work after coming to this country centered in the theory of operators in Hilbert space, based on Boolean lattices, culminating in his The Mathematical Apparatus for Quantum-Theories.
Destouches, Jean-Louis.
Dunford, Nelson.
Frechť, Maurice, 1878-
Hasse, Helmut, 1898-
Ludwig, G nther, 1918-
Paue, C.
Sierpi ski, Wac aw, 1882-1969.
Algebraic fields.
Geometry, Affine.
Measure theory.
Riemann integral.
Algebra.
Geometry.
Logic.
Bibliographies. aat aat
Reprints. aat
Lectures lcgft
Textbooks. aat
Class notes. aat
Drafts (documents). aat
Photographs. aat
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