Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

Miroslav Katětov 1918–1995

1996; Springer Nature; Volume: 46; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21136/cmj.1996.127316

1572-9141

Bohuslav Balcar, Petr Šimon,

Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Shortly before the end of the last year, Czech mathematical community lost one of its most prominent members, a distinguished mathematician, a worldwide known specialist in general topology, the founder of the interdisciplinary seminar now called the Katetov seminar.Miroslav Katetov was born on March 17, 1918 in Belinskij (originally Cembar) near Penza as a son of POW Czech legionnaire and Russian mother.Since 1923 he lived with his mother in Prague.After finishing his studies at secondary school 1927-35, to which he was admitted at the early age of nine years, he studied at the Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague (1935-39).Here he made friends with L. S. Rieger, later a prominent Czech logician, this friendship lasted till Rieger's death in 1963.It was after he submitted his thesis