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Emanuel Sperner
1905 – 1980
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryEmanuel Sperner was a German mathematician, best known for two theorems. He was born in Waltdorf, and died in Sulzburg-Laufen, West Germany. He was a student at Carolinum in Nysa and then Hamburg University where his advisor was Wilhelm Blaschke. He was appointed Professor in Königsberg in 1934, and subsequently held posts in a number of universities until 1974.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
December 9, 1905
Prusinowice, Opole Voivodeship
Date of death
January 31, 1980
Laufen
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
mathematicianuniversity teacher
Notable works
Sperner's lemmaSperner familySperner's theoremSperner property of a partially ordered set
- Field and occupation
- nemecký matematik
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