Erhard Schmidt
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| Erhard Schmidt | |
 Erhard Schmidt (courtesy MFO)
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| Fields | Mathematics |
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| Alma mater | Georg-August University of Göttingen |
| Doctoral advisor | David Hilbert |
| Doctoral students | Salomon Bochner Richard Brauer Heinz Hopf |
Erhard Schmidt (January 13, 1876 – December 6, 1959) was a German mathematician born in Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia). His advisor was David Hilbert and he was awarded his doctorate from Georg-August University of Göttingen in 1905.
Together with David Hilbert he made important contributions to functional analysis.
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[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Erhard Schmidt", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- Erhard Schmidt at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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