Otto Toeplitz

Otto Toeplitz
Otto Toeplitz
Born(1881-08-01)1 August 1881
Breslau, Silesia
Died15 February 1940(1940-02-15) (aged 58)
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Known forHellinger–Toeplitz theorem
Silverman–Toeplitz theorem
Toeplitz matrix
Inscribed square problem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisor
Jakob Rosanes
Friedrich Otto Rudolf Sturm
Doctoral students
Elisabeth Hagemann,
Hans Schwerdtfeger,
Helmut Ulm

Otto Toeplitz (1 August 1881 – 15 February 1940) was a German mathematician working in functional analysis. In addition to his mathematical research, Toeplitz is well known for the popular mathematics book The Enjoyment of Mathematics, co-authored with Hans Rademacher.

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