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Issai Schur

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Issai Schur · Science & Medicine

What

Representation theory; Schur's lemma

When

1875, Mogilev, Russian Empire (present-day Belarus) — 1941, Tel Aviv, British Mandate Palestine

Where

Germany · Palestine

Biography

Issai Schur is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Representation theory; Schur's lemma

How & why

Issai Schur was a Jewish mathematician who worked mainly in Berlin and made foundational contributions to the representation theory of groups, including Schur's lemma and Schur multipliers. Stripped of his position by the Nazis, he emigrated to Mandatory Palestine, where he died in 1941.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics

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Representation theory; Schur's lemma

1875

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics