Edmund Landau
Edmund Landau | |
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| Born | Edmund Georg Hermann Landau 14 February 1877 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 19 February 1938 (aged 61) Berlin, Free State of Prussia, Nazi Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Known for | Distribution of prime numbers Landau prime ideal theorem |
| Spouse | Marianne Ehrlich |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Number theory Complex analysis |
| Institutions | University of Berlin University of Göttingen Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Doctoral advisor | Georg Frobenius Lazarus Fuchs |
Doctoral students | Binyamin Amirà Paul Bernays Harald Bohr Gustav Doetsch Hans Heilbronn Grete Hermann Dunham Jackson Erich Kamke Aubrey Kempner Alexander Ostrowski Carl Ludwig Siegel Arnold Walfisz Vojtěch Jarník |
Edmund Georg Hermann Landau (14 February 1877 – 19 February 1938) was a German mathematician who worked in the fields of number theory and complex analysis.