Petr Vopěnka, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Petr Vopěnka

Czech minister of education, youth and sport of the CR, philosopher and mathematician

Date of Birth: 16-May-1935

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 20-Mar-2015

Profession: mathematician, pedagogue, university teacher, philosopher, historian of mathematics

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Petr Vopenka (16 May 1935 – 20 March 2015) was a Czech mathematician.
In the early seventies, he developed alternative set theory (i.e.
alternative to the classical Cantor theory), which he subsequently developed in a series of articles and monographs.
Vopenka’s name is associated with many mathematical achievements, including Vopenka's principle. Since the mid-eighties he concerned himself with philosophical questions of mathematics (particularly vis-à-vis Husserlian phenomenology). Vopenka served as the Minister of Education of the Czech Republic (then part of Czechoslovakia) from 1990 to 1992 within the government of Prime Minister Petr Pithart.