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Felix Klein

1849 - 1925

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Felix Christian Klein (; German: [klaɪn]; 25 April 1849 – 22 June 1925) was a German mathematician, mathematics educator and historian of mathematics, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and the associations between geometry and group theory. His 1872 Erlangen program classified geometries by their basic symmetry groups and was an influential synthesis of much of the mathematics of the time. During his tenure at the University of Göttingen, Klein was able to turn it into a center for mathematical and scientific research through the establishment of new lectures, professorships, and institutes. His seminars covered most areas of mathematics then known as well as their applications. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Felix Klein is the 102nd most popular mathematician (down from 84th in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 437th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Mathematician.

Felix Klein is most famous for his work in mathematics. He is credited with the invention of the Klein bottle and the Klein quartic.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Felix Klein ranks 102 out of 1,004. Before him are L. E. J. Brouwer, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Paul Erdős, John Wallis, and Claude Shannon. After him are Guillaume de l'Hôpital, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Augustus De Morgan, Anthemius of Tralles, Émile Picard, and Willebrord Snellius.

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Among people born in 1849, Felix Klein ranks 10. Before him are Édouard-Henri Avril, August von Mackensen, Muhammad Abduh, Blanche Monnier, Frances Hodgson Burnett, and Bernhard von Bülow. After him are Alfred von Tirpitz, W. T. Stead, Sergei Witte, John William Waterhouse, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, and Michael Ancher. Among people deceased in 1925, Felix Klein ranks 19. Before him are Henri Fayol, Władysław Reymont, Josef Breuer, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Mikhail Frunze, and Camille Flammarion. After him are Léon Bourgeois, Alexander Friedmann, Hjalmar Branting, Vajiravudh, Félix Vallotton, and George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Felix Klein ranks 533 out of 7,253. Before him are Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Gerhard Ertl (1936), Wassily Leontief (1906), Bruno of Cologne (1030), Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), and Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546). After him are Walter Scheel (1919), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Maria Anna of Neuburg (1667), Hans Baldung (1484), Ulrike Meinhof (1934), and Theodor Morell (1886).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Felix Klein ranks 15. Before him are Karl Weierstrass (1815), Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), Regiomontanus (1436), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804). After him are Christopher Clavius (1538), Andrew Wiles (1953), Hermann Weyl (1885), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), and Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856).

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