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Science & Medicine
Max Noether
Who
Max Noether · Science & Medicine
What
Algebraic geometry of curves and surfaces
When
1844, Mannheim, Germany — 1921, Erlangen, Germany
Where
Germany
Biography
Max Noether is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Algebraic geometry of curves and surfaces
How & why
Max Noether was a German mathematician who was a leading figure in the nineteenth-century theory of algebraic curves and surfaces, and whose results, including the Noether residue theorem and 'Brill-Noether theory', shaped algebraic geometry. He was Jewish, born into a Jewish merchant family, and was the father of the mathematician Emmy Noether.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Algebraic geometry of curves and surfaces
1844
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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