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Alfred Loewy

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Alfred Loewy · Science & Medicine

What

Algebra; theory of linear differential equations

When

1873, Rawitsch, Prussia (now Rawicz, Poland) — 1935, Freiburg, Germany

Where

Germany

Biography

Alfred Loewy is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Algebra; theory of linear differential equations

How & why

Alfred Loewy was a German mathematician at Freiburg who worked in algebra and the theory of linear differential equations, introducing what are now called Loewy decompositions and Loewy series. He mentored notable students including Wolfgang Krull and Reinhold Baer. He was Jewish and was forced from his chair under the Nazi regime.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Algebra; theory of linear differential equations

1873

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics