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Hans Heilbronn

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Hans Heilbronn · Science & Medicine

What

Analytic number theory; the Heilbronn triangle problem

When

1908, Berlin, Germany — 1975, Toronto, Canada

Where

Germany · United Kingdom · Canada

Biography

Hans Heilbronn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Analytic number theory; the Heilbronn triangle problem

How & why

Hans Heilbronn was a German-born mathematician who made lasting contributions to analytic number theory, including work on class numbers and the problem now named the Heilbronn triangle problem. Forced out of Germany by the Nazis, he built his career in Britain (Bristol) and later Canada. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Analytic number theory; the Heilbronn triangle problem

1908

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics