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Friedrich Ernst Peter Hirzebruch ForMemRS (17 October 1927 – 27 May 2012) was a German mathematician, working in the fields of topology, complex manifolds and algebraic geometry, and a leading figure in his generation. He has been described as "the most important mathematician in Germany of the postwar period."
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Friedrich Hirzebruch, who helped revive the German mathematical community after World War II and whose work in unifying disparate parts of mathematics gave birth to new tools and fields of...
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May 27, 2012 · 27 May 2012. Bonn, Germany. Summary. Friedrich Hirzebruch was a German mathematician who made important contributions to topology. View one larger picture. Biography. Friedrich Hirzebruch was the son of Dr Fritz Hirzebruch and Martha Holtschmidt.
May 29, 2012 · Friedrich Hirzebruch 1927-2012. The German mathematician Friedrich (Fritz) Hirzebruch passed away a couple days ago, at the age of 84. Hirzebruch was perhaps the most important mathematician in the Germany of the postwar period, responsible for the founding of the Max Planck Institute in Bonn, as well as the yearly Bonn Arbeitstagung conference.
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Friedrich Hirzebruch (universally known as Fritz) died on May 27, 2012, at the age of eighty-four. He was the outstanding German mathematician of the postwar years who helped to restore mathematics in his country after the devastation of the Nazi era.
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May 27, 2015 · Friedrich Hirzebruch, who died in 2012 at the age of 84, was one of the most important German mathematicians of the twentieth century. In this article we try to give a fairly detailed picture of his life and of his many mathematical achievements, as well as of his role in reshaping German mathematics after the Second World War.
PDF version. First published: 2015. Friedrich Hirzebruch, who died in 2012 at the age of 84, was one of the most important German mathematicians of the twentieth century. In this article we try to give a fairly detailed picture of his life and of his many mathematical achievements, as well as of his role in re ...
