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Jónsson
Jónsson is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning ''son of Jón''. In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic. The name refers to: * Arnar Jónsson (actor) (born 1943), Icelandic actor * Arnar Jónsson (basketball) (born 1983), Icelandic basketball player * Arngrímur Jónsson “The Learned” (1568-1648), Icelandic scholar *Bjarni Jónsson (1920–2016), Icelandic mathematician and logician *Bjarni Jónsson (artist) (1934-2008), Icelandic painter * Bjarni Jónsson (footballer) (born 1965), Icelandic international footballer *Björn Jónsson (1846-1912), Icelandic prime minister *Eggert Jónsson (born 1988), Icelandic footballer *Einar Jónsson (1874-1954), Icelandic sculptor *Emil Jónsson (1902-1986), Icelandic prime minister * Finnur Jónsson (philologist) (1858-1934), Icelandic philologist * Helgi Jónsson (1867-1925), Icelandic botanist and algologist * Hjálmar Jónsson (other) *Jón Jónsson, Icelandic singer *Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bjarni Jónsson
Bjarni Jónsson (February 15, 1920 – September 30, 2016) was an Icelandic mathematician and logician working in universal algebra, lattice theory, model theory and set theory. He was emeritus distinguished professor of mathematics at Vanderbilt University and the honorary editor in chief of ''Algebra Universalis''. He received his PhD in 1946 at UC Berkeley under supervision of Alfred Tarski. In 2012, he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. retrieved 2013-01-26. Work Jónsson's lemma as well as several mathematical objects are named after him, among them |