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Ernst Witt
Ernst Witt in Nice, 1970
Born(1911-06-26)26 June 1911
Alsen, German Empire (present-day Denmark)
Died3 July 1991(1991-07-03) (aged 80)
Hamburg, Germany
EducationUniversity of Göttingen
Known forWitt algebra
Witt group
Witt's theorem
Witt vector
Bourbaki–Witt theorem
Hasse–Witt matrix
Poincaré–Birkhoff–Witt theorem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Hamburg
Doctoral advisorEmmy Noether
Doctoral students
  • Walter Borho
  • Günter Harder
  • Ina Kersten

Ernst Witt (26 June 1911 – 3 July 1991) was a German mathematician, one of the leading algebraists of his time.[1]

  1. ^ Kersten, Ina (20 October 1993). "Ernst Witt 1911-1991" (PDF). Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. 95: 166–180.

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