Ernst Leonard Lindelöf

Who was Ernst Leonard Lindelöf?

Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, was a Finnish topologist after whom Lindelöf spaces are named. He was the son of Leonard Lorenz Lindelöf and brother of the philologist Uno Lorenz Lindelöf.

Lindelöf studied at the University of Helsinki, where he completed his Ph.D. in 1893, became a docent in 1895 and professor of Mathematics in 1903. He was a member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters.

In addition to working on mathematical topics as diverse as differential equations and the gamma function, Lindelöf promoted the study of the history of Finnish mathematics.