Adolf Hurwitz
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Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adolf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Empire
- Place of birth
- Hildesheim
- Place of death
- Zurich
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Leipzig University
- Employer
- ETH Zurich
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Hurwitz quaternion
- Student of
- Karl Weierstraß
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Adolf Hurwitz.jpg
- Residence
- Germany
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- date of birth
- 1859-03-26
- date of death
- 1919-11-18
- Commons category
- Adolf Hurwitz
- member of
- Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
- name in native language
- Adolf Hurwitz
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- writing language
- German
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- archives at
- Göttingen State and University Library
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Encyclopedic overview
Adolf Hurwitz ( German: [ˈaːdɔlf ˈhʊʁvɪts]; 26 March 1859 – 18 November 1919) was a German mathematician who worked on algebra, analysis, geometry and number theory.
Early life
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