Paul Wolfskehl
Paul Wolfskehl · Science & Medicine
Number theory; endowed the Wolfskehl Prize for Fermat's theorem
1856, Darmstadt, Germany — 1906, Darmstadt, Germany
Germany
Paul Wolfskehl is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Number theory; endowed the Wolfskehl Prize for Fermat's theorem
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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Number theory; endowed the Wolfskehl Prize for Fermat's theorem
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
