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Science & Medicine
Laszlo Fuchs
Who
Laszlo Fuchs · Science & Medicine
What
Theory of abelian groups and modules
When
1924, Budapest, Hungary
Where
Hungary · United States
Biography
Laszlo Fuchs is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theory of abelian groups and modules
How & why
Fuchs is a Hungarian-American mathematician regarded as the leading authority on the theory of abelian groups and modules, whose treatise Infinite Abelian Groups became the standard reference. A survivor of persecution in wartime Hungary, he taught for decades at Tulane University. He is Jewish and turned 100 in 2024.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Theory of abelian groups and modules
1924
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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