Aurel Wintner | |
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Born |
Budapest, Hungary |
8 April 1903
Died | 15 January 1958 Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
(aged 54)
Nationality | Austrian-Hungarian American |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | Johns Hopkins University |
Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
Doctoral advisor | Leon Lichtenstein |
Doctoral students |
Robert Bass Monroe Martin Calvin Putnam E. Kenneth Haviland Shlomo Sternberg Philip Hartman |
Known for |
Jessen–Wintner theorem Wiener-Wintner theorem |
Aurel Friedrich Wintner (8 April 1903 – 15 January 1958) was a mathematician noted for his research in mathematical analysis, number theory, differential equations and probability theory. He was one of the founders of probabilistic number theory. He received his Ph.D from the University of Leipzig in 1928 under the guidance of Leon Lichtenstein. He taught at Johns Hopkins University.