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Science & Medicine
Alfred Haar
Who
Alfred Haar · Science & Medicine
What
Haar measure and the Haar wavelet
When
1885, Budapest, Hungary — 1933, Szeged, Hungary
Where
Hungary · Germany
Biography
Alfred Haar is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Haar measure and the Haar wavelet
How & why
Alfred Haar was a Hungarian mathematician who introduced the Haar measure, a translation-invariant measure fundamental to analysis on topological groups, and the Haar wavelet, the first and simplest wavelet basis, foundational to modern signal processing. He co-founded an influential mathematics institute at Szeged. He was Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Haar measure and the Haar wavelet
1885
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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