Margarethe Kahn
German mathematician (1880–1942) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Margarethe Kahn[1] (known as Grete Kahn,[2] also Margarete Kahn,[3] born 27 August 1880, missing after deportation to Piaski, Poland on 28 March 1942) was a German mathematician and Holocaust victim.[4] She was among the first women to obtain a doctorate in Germany. Her doctoral work was on the topology of algebraic curves.
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Margarethe Kahn | |
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Born | (1880-08-27)27 August 1880 |
Died | 28 March 1942(1942-03-28) (aged 61) (deported to Piaski on this date, and missing since then) Piaski, Poland |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics (algebraic geometry) |
Thesis | Eine allgemeine Methode zur Untersuchung der Gestalten algebraischer Kurven [A general method for the study of the forms of algebraic curves] (1909) |
Doctoral advisor | David Hilbert |
Other academic advisors | Felix Klein |
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