Kurt Reidemeister
| Kurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister | |
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1956(1958?) in Switzerland
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| Born |
October 31, 1893 Braunschweig |
| Died | July 8, 1971 (aged 77) Göttingen |
| Nationality | Germany |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Thesis | Über die Relativklassenzahl gewisser relativ-quadratischer Zahlkörper (1921) |
| Doctoral advisor | Erich Hecke |
| Doctoral students | Werner Burau, Gerhard Burde, Günter Hotz, Sunoy Sanatani, Walter Vollmerhaus, Heiner Zieschang, Hans-Georg Zimmer |
| Spouse | Elisabeth Wagner (Riga) |
Kurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister (October 13, 1893 – July 8, 1971) was a mathematician born in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.
He was a brother of Marie Neurath. Beginning in 1912, he studied in Freiburg, Munich, Marburg, and Göttingen. In 1920, he got the staatsexamen (master's degree) in mathematics, philosophy, physics, chemistry, and geology. He received his doctorate in 1921 with a thesis in algebraic number theory at the University of Hamburg under the supervision of Erich Hecke.,
He became interested in differential geometry; he edited Wilhelm Blaschke's 2nd volume about that issue, and both made an acclaimed contribution to the Jena DMV conference in Sep 1921.
In October 1922 (or 1923) he was appointed assistant professor at the University of Vienna. While there he became familiar with the work of Wilhelm Wirtinger on knot theory, and became closely connected to Hans Hahn and the Vienna Circle. Its manifesto (1929) lists one of Reidemeister's publications in a bibliography of closely related authors.
In 1925 he became full professor at University of Königsberg; he stayed until 1933, when he was regarded politically unsound by the Nazis, and dismissed from his chair.
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