Petr Vopěnka
Petr Vopěnka (16 May 1935 – 20 March 2015) was a Czech mathematician. In the early 1970s, he established the alternative set theory. Since the mid-eighties he concerned himself with philosophical questions of mathematics.
Petr Vopěnka | |
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 Petr Vopěnka in 2009 | |
| Born | 16 May 1935 |
| Died | 20 March 2015 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | Czech |
| Alma mater | Mathematics and Physics Faculty, Charles University in Prague |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral students | Bohuslav Balcar Lev Bukovský Jaroslav Chudáček Karel Čuda Petr Hájek Karel Hrbáček Thomas Jech Magdaléna Krátká Josef Mlček Antonín Sochor Alena Vencovská Peter Vojtáš Blanka Vojtášková Pavol Zlatoš |
Works by Petr Vopěnka
- Petr Vopěnka. Horizonty nekonečna (2004). Prague: Moraviapress. ISBN 80-86181-66-9.
- Petr Vopěnka. Úhelný kámen evropské vzdělanosti a moci (1999). Prague: Práh. ISBN 80-7252-022-9.
- Petr Vopěnka. Introduction to mathematics in the alternative set theory (1989). Bratislava: Alfa. ISBN 80-05-00438-9.
- Petr Vopěnka. Mathematics in the Alternative Set Theory (1979). Leipzig: Teubner.
- Petr Vopěnka, Petr Hájek. The Theory of Semisets (1972). Amsterdam, Prague: North-Holland. ISBN 0-7204-2267-1.
Other websites
- Short biography in English Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- Documentary about Vopěnka Archived 2010-10-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Czech with English subtitles, freely downloadable)