R. H. Bing
R. H. Bing | |
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| Born | October 20, 1914 |
| Died | April 28, 1986 (aged 71) |
| Alma mater | Southwest Texas State Teachers College (BA) University of Texas at Austin (MEd, PhD) |
| Known for | Bing–Borsuk conjecture Bing metrization theorem Bing's recognition theorem Bing shrinking Bing double |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1965) Lester R. Ford Award (1965) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Texas at Austin |
| Thesis | Concerning Simple Plane Webs (1945) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert Lee Moore |
R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986) was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory. His work in studying the geometric topology of three-dimensional space was so fundamental and distinctive that the area is often referred to as "Bing-type topology".