Richard Brauer
Richard Brauer · Science & Medicine
Representation theory; the Brauer group and modular characters
1901, Berlin, Germany — 1977, Belmont, Massachusetts, United States
Germany · Canada · United States
Richard Brauer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Representation theory; the Brauer group and modular characters
Richard Brauer was a founder of the modular representation theory of finite groups, introducing the Brauer group and modular characters that were essential to the classification of finite simple groups. Born to a Jewish family in Berlin, he was dismissed under Nazi law and emigrated via Britain to North America; his Jewish identity is documented.
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Representation theory; the Brauer group and modular characters
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
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