David Hilbert
David Hilbert
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a German mathematician and one of the most influential mathematicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Born
23 January 1862 Königsberg or Wehlau, Prussia
Died
14 February 1943 (aged 81) Göttingen, Germany
Nationality
German
Known for
Hilbert's basis theorem Hilbert's axioms Hilbert's problems Hilbert's program Einstein–Hilbert action Hilbert space Epsilon calculus
Fields
Mathematics, Physics and Philosophy
Awards
Lobachevsky Prize (1903) Bolyai Prize (1910) ForMemRS
Institutions
University of Königsberg Göttingen University
Spouse(s)
Käthe Jerosch
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Germany
Children
Franz (b. 1893)
Doctoral advisor
Ferdinand von Lindemann
Doctoral students
Wilhelm Ackermann Heinrich Behmann Felix Bernstein Otto Blumenthal Anne Bosworth Werner Boy Ugo Broggi Richard Courant Haskell Curry Max Dehn Ludwig Föppl Rudolf Fueter Paul Funk Kurt Grelling Alfréd Haar
Education
University of Königsberg ( PhD )
era
1800+
Influences
Immanuel Kant
Other notable students
Edward Kasner John von Neumann
Thesis
On Invariant Properties of Special Binary Forms, Especially of Spherical Functions (1885)