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person1990s-2019

Erik Palmgren

Disciplines:
logic
mathematics
constructive mathematics

Summary

Swedish logician who worked on dependent type theory, formal topology, and constructive foundations of mathematics.

Core Contribution

Contributed to the development of type-theoretic foundations for constructive mathematics, particularly Martin-Löf type theory and its applications to formal topology and setoids.

Notable Works & Achievements

Type-Theoretic Interpretation of Constructive Set Theory

Historical Influences

Per Martin-Löf L.E.J. Brouwer

Intellectual Lineage

Constructive Mathematics Type Theory

Contemporaries & Peers

Douglas Bridges Anne Troelstra

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Type-Theoretic Foundations

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