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Hermann Weyl
1885 – 1955
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryHermann Klaus Hugo Weyl was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist, logician and philosopher. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland, and then Princeton, New Jersey, he is associated with the University of Göttingen tradition of mathematics, represented by Carl Friedrich Gauss, David Hilbert and Hermann Minkowski.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 9, 1885
Elmshorn
Date of death
December 8, 1955
Zurich
Citizenship
German Empire · Weimar Republic · United States · Switzerland
Occupations & fields
mathematicianphysicistphilosopheruniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipLobachevsky PrizeFellow of the American Physical Societyhonorary doctorate of the University of Oslohonorary doctorate from Columbia Universityhonorary doctor of ETH Zürich
Notable works
Weyl tensorWeyl equationWeyl groupWeyl algebraPeter–Weyl theoremWeyl's inequality
- Field and occupation
- německý matematik, teoretický fyzik a filozof
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