Kurt Reidemeister
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25 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- October 13, 1893
- Date of death
- July 8, 1971
- Place of birth
- Brunswick
- Place of death
- Göttingen
- Occupation
- mathematician, topologist, university teacher, translator, poet, author[11]
- Employer
- University of Göttingen, Imperial German Army, University of Vienna, University of Königsberg, University of Marburg, Institute for Advanced Study[17][18][19][20][21][22]
- Field of work
- topology, mathematics, algebraic number theory, poetry, translating activity[12][13][14][15][16]
- Educated at
- University of Hamburg, University of Freiburg, University of Marburg, University of Göttingen[23][24][25][26]
- Notable work
- Reidemeister move, Reidemeister torsion[28][29]
- Sibling
- Marie Neurath[54]
- Doctoral advisor
- Erich Hecke[27]
- Doctoral student
- Günter Hotz, Werner Burau, Gerhard Burde, Heiner Zieschang, Gerhard Burde, Theodor Peters, Sunoy Sanatani, Walter Vollmerhaus, Hans-Georg Schumann, Herta Adelsberger, Karl Bankwitz, Erich Podehl, Lebrecht Goeritz, Hans-Georg Zimmer[32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]
- Academic thesis
- Über die Relativklassenzahl gewisser relativquadratischer Zahlkörper[48]
- Birth name
- Kurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister[52]
- Described by source
- Neue Deutsche Biographie[49]
- Family name
- Reidemeister[45]
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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- Name in native language
- Kurt Reidemeister[53]
- ISNI
- 0000000119536006
- VIAF cluster ID
- 102384696
- Library of Congress authority ID
- n84801155
- GND ID
- 116403306
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
- KurtReidemeister MFO19544cropped.jpg ↗
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
- 12367907s
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
- reidemeister-kurt-werner-friedrich
- CONOR.SI ID
- 9330275
- DDB person (GND) ID
- 116403306
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
- 116403306
- Freebase ID
- /m/02kzg8
- GEPRIS Historisch person ID
- 5109682
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- Geni.com profile ID
- 6000000040202415677
- Hessian Biography person (GND) ID
- 18005
- IdRef ID
- 032698968
- IxTheo authority ID
- 077907388
- Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
- 116403306
- Kallías ID
- PE00032064
- MR Author ID
- 146405
- MacTutor biography ID
- Reidemeister
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 15252
- Museo Galileo authority ID
- 192376
- NL CR AUT ID
- mub2018989396
- NLab ID
- Kurt Reidemeister
- NUKAT ID
- n02022372
- National Library of Israel ID (old)
- 000249605
- National Library of Israel J9U ID
- 987007311927005171
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
- 073411132
- Niedersächsische Personen ID
- 1043192069
- Oberwolfach mathematician ID
- 7884
- Open Library ID
- OL132876A
- Parsifal cluster ID
- 913812
- Prabook ID
- 2143913
- SBN author ID
- AQ1V007663
- SHARE Catalogue author ID
- 58556
- SNAC ARK ID
- w67f5vfj
- Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID
- reidemeister
- WikiTree person ID
- Reidemeister-14
- WorldCat Entities ID
- E39PBJgmT87YyPgr8YYKGGdJDq
- Yale LUX ID
- person/83068201-80d7-4711-8990-bc6515be147a
- ZbMATH author ID
- reidemeister.kurt
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Kurt Reidemeister was born on October 13, 1893 in Brunswick[1][2][3] and died on July 8, 1971 in Göttingen[1][2][4][3]. He held German citizenship and worked as a mathematician, topologist, university teacher, translator, and poet[1][5]. His education included the University of Hamburg, University of Freiburg, University of Marburg, and University of Göttingen[1].
Reidemeister's employers included the University of Göttingen from 1955 to 1962, the Imperial German Army from 1914 to 1918, the University of Vienna from 1923 to 1925, and the University of Königsberg from 1925 to 1933[2]. His fields of work encompassed topology, mathematics, algebraic number theory, and poetry[2].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Kurt Reidemeister include Reidemeister move[55], a knot operation[56].
Why It Matters
Kurt Reidemeister is credited with the discovery of Reidemeister move[57], a knot operation[58]. Entities named for him include Reidemeister move[55], a knot operation[56].
His notable doctoral advisees include Günter Hotz[59], a mathematician[60], b. 1931[61], of Germany[62], awarded the Saarland Order of Merit[63] and Heiner Zieschang[64], a mathematician[65], 1936–2004[66], of Germany[67], awarded the Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize[68], specialised in topology[69].
FAQs
Where was Kurt Reidemeister born?
Kurt Reidemeister was born in Brunswick[2].
Where did Kurt Reidemeister die?
Kurt Reidemeister passed away in Göttingen[4].
What did Kurt Reidemeister do for work?
Kurt Reidemeister worked as a mathematician[5], topologist[6], university teacher[7], translator[8], and poet[9].
Where did Kurt Reidemeister go to school?
Kurt Reidemeister was educated at University of Hamburg[23], University of Freiburg[24], University of Marburg[25], and University of Göttingen[26].
What did Kurt Reidemeister discover?
Kurt Reidemeister is credited as discoverer of Reidemeister move[57].