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Friedrich Levi

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Friedrich Levi · Science & Medicine

What

Algebra and graph theory; the Levi graph

When

1888, Mulhouse (then Germany, now France) — 1966, Freiburg, Germany

Where

Germany · India

Biography

Friedrich Levi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Algebra and graph theory; the Levi graph

How & why

Levi was a German Jewish mathematician known for contributions to algebra, order theory and graph theory, including the Levi graph of an incidence structure. Dismissed by the Nazis, he emigrated to India and led mathematics at the University of Calcutta before returning to Germany. He was born into a Jewish family.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Algebra and graph theory; the Levi graph

1888

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics