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Hans Wilhelm Alt

German mathematician
Person Human Q1583101

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
1945
Place of birth
Hilden
Country of citizenship
Germany[5]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
Technical University of Munich, University of Bonn[8][9]
Field of work
partial differential equation, applied mathematics[6][7]
Educated at
University of Göttingen[10]
Sibling
Wolfgang Alt[32]
Doctoral advisor
Erhard Heinz[11]
Doctoral student
Barbara Niethammer, Harald Garcke, Alfredo Fetter Nathansky, Barbara Stoth-König, Claus Dohmen, Volker Lendowski, Wilfried Heinrich Paus, Sandra Wieland, Willy Dörfler, Uwe Wolfram Fermum, Matthias Röger, Georg Weiß[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Work location
Bonn, Munich[27][28]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German, English[29][30]
Family name
Alt[25]
Given name
Hans[26]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[33]
Name in native language
Hans Wilhelm Alt[31]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hans Wilhelm Alt ar هانس ويلهلم ألت cs Hans Alt cs Hans W. Alt cs Hans-Wilhelm Alt cs H. W. Alt
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000025979789
VIAF cluster ID
311575680
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nb2016018996
GND ID
124913717
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Alt hans wilhelm.jpg ↗
BIBSYS ID
90094996
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
AltHansWilhelm1945-
DDB person (GND) ID
124913717
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/113qbc98k
Google Scholar author ID
h4ug4oIAAAAJ
IdRef ID
199230080
MR Author ID
25145
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Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
24875
NL CR AUT ID
ntk20181007424
NUKAT ID
n2015198478
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072242167
Oberwolfach mathematician ID
6927
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwxQhVGgYRwbCfkqTC84q
ZbMATH author ID
alt.hans-wilhelm

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Employer 2
Technical University of Munich, University of Bonn
Field of work 2
applied mathematics, partial differential equation
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, German
Occupation 2
mathematician, university teacher
Work location 2
Munich, Bonn
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Doctoral advisor 1
Erhard Heinz
Doctoral advisors 1
Erhard Heinz
Doctoral student 1
Barbara Niethammer
Doctoral students 1
Barbara Niethammer
Educated at 1
University of Göttingen
Given name 1
Hans
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Hilden
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Hans Wilhelm Alt was born in 1945[1] in Hilden[2]. He has worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Why It Matters

Hans Wilhelm Alt's notable doctoral advisees include Barbara Niethammer[34], a mathematician[35], b. 1967[36], of Germany[37], awarded the Whitehead Prize[38].

FAQs

Where was Hans Wilhelm Alt born?

Hans Wilhelm Alt's place of birth was Hilden[2].

What did Hans Wilhelm Alt do for work?

Hans Wilhelm Alt worked as a mathematician[3] and university teacher[4].

Where did Hans Wilhelm Alt go to school?

Hans Wilhelm Alt was educated at University of Göttingen[10].

Related Entities

applied mathematics Germany

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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