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Adolf Hurwitz

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German mathematician (1859–1919)

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Born
1859
Died
1919
Works
9

Top works

  • Ueber lineare Formen mit ganzzahligen Variabeln
  • Vorlesungen über allgemeine funktionentheorie und elliptische funktionen
  • Teorii͡a︡ funkt͡s︡iĭ
  • Grundlagen einer independenten Theorie der elliptischen Modulfunctionene und Theorie der Multiplicatorgleichungen erster Stufe
  • Lectures on number theory

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1985-01-22

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Born
( 1859-03-26 ) 26 March 1859, Hildesheim , Kingdom of Hanover (now part of Germany)
Died
18 November 1919 (1919-11-18) (aged 60), Zurich , Switzerland
Alma mater
Leipzig University
Known for
Riemann–Hurwitz formula , Hurwitz quaternion
Fields
Mathematician
Institutions
Federal Polytechnic Institute Zurich , Albertus Universität Königsberg
Doctoral advisor
Felix Klein
Doctoral students
Ernst Amberg , L. Gustave du Pasquier

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Adolf Hurwitz ( German: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈhʊʁvɪts]; 26 March 1859 – 18 November 1919) was a German mathematician who worked on algebra, analysis, geometry and number theory.

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