Walter Feit
Walter Feit · Science & Medicine
Group theory; the Feit-Thompson odd-order theorem
1930, Vienna, Austria — 2004, Branford, Connecticut, USA
Austria · United States
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Walter Feit was an Austrian-born American mathematician and Yale professor whose 1963 Feit-Thompson theorem, proving that every finite group of odd order is solvable, was a landmark that helped launch the classification of finite simple groups. Born into a Jewish family in Vienna, he escaped Nazi Austria on the Kindertransport in 1939 and lost family members in the Holocaust before becoming a leading figure in group theory. His Jewish background and wartime escape are documented.
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Group theory; the Feit-Thompson odd-order theorem
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