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[[File:Erhard_Schmidt.jpg|thumb|Erhard Schmidt.]]'''Erhard Schmidt''' (13 January 1876 – 6 December 1959) was a Baltic German [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]] whose work significantly influenced the direction of mathematics in the twentieth century. | [[File:Erhard_Schmidt.jpg|thumb|Erhard Schmidt.]]'''Erhard Schmidt''' (13 January 1876 – 6 December 1959) was a Baltic German [[Mathematician (nonfiction)|mathematician]] whose work significantly influenced the direction of mathematics in the twentieth century. | ||
His advisor was [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)|David Hilbert]] and he was awarded his doctorate from Georg-August University of Göttingen in 1905. His doctoral dissertation | His advisor was [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)|David Hilbert]] and he was awarded his doctorate from Georg-August University of Göttingen in 1905. His doctoral dissertation, entitled ''Entwickelung willkürlicher Functionen nach Systemen vorgeschriebener'' was a work on integral equations. Together with David Hilbert he made important contributions to functional analysis. | ||
[[Ernst Zermelo (nonfiction)|Ernst Zermelo]] credited conversations with Schmidt for the idea and method for his classic 1904 proof of the Well-ordering theorem from an "Axiom of choice", which has become an integral part of modern [[Set theory (nonfiction)|set theory]]. | [[Ernst Zermelo (nonfiction)|Ernst Zermelo]] credited conversations with Schmidt for the idea and method for his classic 1904 proof of the Well-ordering theorem from an "Axiom of choice", which has become an integral part of modern [[Set theory (nonfiction)|set theory]]. | ||
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== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)]] | * [[Salomon Bochner (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | ||
* [[Alfred Brauer (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Richard Brauer (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Lothar Collatz (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Alexander Dinghas (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Michael Golomb (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral advisor | |||
* [[Guido Hoheisel (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Eberhard Hopf (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Heinz Hopf (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Martin Kneser (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Wilhelm Specht (nonfiction)]] - Doctoral student | |||
* [[Ernst Zermelo (nonfiction)]] | * [[Ernst Zermelo (nonfiction)]] | ||
External links: | External links: | ||
Latest revision as of 09:24, 4 February 2018
Erhard Schmidt (13 January 1876 – 6 December 1959) was a Baltic German mathematician whose work significantly influenced the direction of mathematics in the twentieth century.
His advisor was David Hilbert and he was awarded his doctorate from Georg-August University of Göttingen in 1905. His doctoral dissertation, entitled Entwickelung willkürlicher Functionen nach Systemen vorgeschriebener was a work on integral equations. Together with David Hilbert he made important contributions to functional analysis.
Ernst Zermelo credited conversations with Schmidt for the idea and method for his classic 1904 proof of the Well-ordering theorem from an "Axiom of choice", which has become an integral part of modern set theory.
During World War II Schmidt held positions of authority at the University of Berlin and had to carry out various Nazi resolutions against the Jews—a job that he apparently did not do well, since he was criticized at one point for not understanding the "Jewish question."
He was, however, a conservative and a nationalist, and defended Hitler after Kristallnacht, telling Issai Schur that "Suppose we had to fight a war to rearm Germany, unite with Austria, liberate the Saar and the German part of Czechoslovakia. Such a war would have cost us half a million young men. But everybody would have admired our victorious leader. Now, Hitler has sacrificed half a million Jews and has achieved great things for Germany. I hope some day you will be recompensed but I am still grateful to Hitler".
After the war, in 1948, Schmidt founded and became the first editor-in-chief of the journal Mathematische Nachrichten.
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Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Salomon Bochner (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Alfred Brauer (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Richard Brauer (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Lothar Collatz (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Alexander Dinghas (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Michael Golomb (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- David Hilbert (nonfiction) - Doctoral advisor
- Guido Hoheisel (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Eberhard Hopf (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Heinz Hopf (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Martin Kneser (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Mathematician (nonfiction)
- Wilhelm Specht (nonfiction) - Doctoral student
- Ernst Zermelo (nonfiction)
External links:
- Erhard Schmidt @ Wikipedia