What is Christopher Zeeman?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Professor Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman | image = Christopher Zeeman.jpeg | image_size = 150px | caption = Erik Christopher Zeeman in 1980, courtesy MFO | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|2|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Japan]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|13|1925|2|4|df=y}} | death_place = [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire]] | citizenship = British | nationality = | ethnicity = | field = Mathematics | work_institutions = [[University of Cambridge]]<br />[[University of Warwick]], England<br />[[University of Oxford|Oxford University]], England<br />[[Gresham College]], England | alma_mater = [[Christ's College, Cambridge]] | doctoral_advisor = [[Shaun Wylie]] | doctoral_students = [[Mark Anthony Armstrong]]<br />[[Peter Buneman]]<br />[[David Epstein (mathematician)|David Epstein]]<br />[[John F. P. Hudson]]<br />[[Ray Lickorish]]<br />[[Anthony Manning (mathematician)|Anthony Manning]]<br />[[Tim Poston]] <br />[[Colin Rourke]]<br />[[Jaroslav Stark]]<br />[[David Trotman]]<br />[[C. T. C. Wall|Terry Wall]]<br />and 18 others | known_for = [[Catastrophe theory]]<br />[[Geometric topology]]<br />[[Singularity theory]] | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | prizes = [[Senior Whitehead Prize]] (1982)<br />[[Michael Faraday Prize|Faraday Medal]] (1988)<br />[[:Category:David Crighton medalists|David Crighton Medal]] (2006) | religion = | footnotes = [[Fellow of the Royal Society]] }} '''Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]] (4 February 1925 – 13 February 2016), was a [[British people|British]] [[mathematician]]. He was known for his work in [[geometric topology]] and [[singularity theory]]. Zeeman's main contributions to mathematics were in [[topology]], particularly in [[knot theory]], the [[Piecewise linear manifold|piecewise linear]] category, and [[dynamical systems]]. ==Other website