Max Dehn
Max Dehn · Science & Medicine
Topology and group theory; Dehn surgery and the word problem
1878, Hamburg, Germany — 1952, Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA
Germany · United States
Max Dehn is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Topology and group theory; Dehn surgery and the word problem
Dehn was a German-American mathematician who solved Hilbert's third problem and founded key parts of combinatorial topology and geometric group theory, introducing Dehn surgery and posing the word, conjugacy and isomorphism problems for groups. His ideas remain central to topology. Jewish, he was driven from his post by the Nazis and emigrated to the United States.
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Topology and group theory; Dehn surgery and the word problem
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
