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MATHEMATICIAN

Heinz Prüfer

1896 - 1934

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Ernst Paul Heinz Prüfer (10 November 1896 – 7 April 1934) was a German Jewish mathematician born in Wilhelmshaven. His major contributions were on abelian groups, graph theory, algebraic numbers, knot theory and Sturm–Liouville theory. In 1915 he began his university studies in mathematics, physics and chemistry in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinz Prüfer has received more than 23,067 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinz Prüfer is the 814th most popular mathematician, the 4,673rd most popular biography from Germany and the 90th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Heinz Prüfer ranks 814 out of 823Before him are Horace Lamb, Cleve Moler, Radhanath Sikdar, Barry Mazur, Mark Kac, and Alexander Aitken. After him are Kenneth Appel, Yury Osipov, Elwyn Berlekamp, Volker Strassen, Curtis T. McMullen, and Richard K. Guy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Heinz Prüfer ranks 229Before him are Howard Hanson, Vilho Niittymaa, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, V. K. Krishna Menon, Marie Prevost, and Carl Abrahamsson. After him are Liam O'Flaherty, Natalie Talmadge, Yip Harburg, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Rodolfo Terlizzi, and Okuro Oikawa. Among people deceased in 1934, Heinz Prüfer ranks 144Before him are Paul Henri Lecomte, Claudio Williman, Emiliano González Navero, Edgeworth David, Horace Lamb, and Joel Lehtonen. After him are Dukinfield Henry Scott, Augusto Pestana, Frank J. Sprague, Lowell Sherman, Cass Gilbert, and Arthur Surridge Hunt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinz Prüfer ranks 4,673 out of 6,142Before him are Jutta Heine (1940), Ralf König (1960), Harald Schmidt (1957), Petra Felke (1959), Irmtraud Morgner (1933), and Volker Beck (1956). After him are Siegmar Wätzlich (1947), Jürgen Hennig (1951), Sandra Nasić (1976), Albert Zürner (1890), Tony Martin (1985), and Paul Falk (1921).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Heinz Prüfer ranks 90Before him are Erich Kähler (1906), Wilhelm Killing (1847), Richard Brauer (1901), Hans Rademacher (1892), Oskar Perron (1880), and Richard Rado (1906). After him are Volker Strassen (1936), Christoph Gudermann (1798), and Peter Scholze (1987).