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Science & Medicine
Paul Wolfskehl
Who
Paul Wolfskehl · Science & Medicine
What
Number theory; endowed the Wolfskehl Prize for Fermat's theorem
When
1856, Darmstadt, Germany — 1906, Darmstadt, Germany
Where
Germany
Biography
Paul Wolfskehl is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Number theory; endowed the Wolfskehl Prize for Fermat's theorem
How & why
Paul Wolfskehl was a German physician and mathematician interested in number theory who, in his will, endowed the Wolfskehl Prize for the first complete proof of Fermat's Last Theorem — an incentive that sustained interest in the problem until Andrew Wiles collected it in 1997. He came from a wealthy Jewish family.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Number theory; endowed the Wolfskehl Prize for Fermat's theorem
1856
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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