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Hellmuth Kneser

1898 - 1973

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Hellmuth Kneser (16 April 1898 – 23 August 1973) was a German mathematician who made notable contributions to group theory and topology. His most famous result may be his theorem on the existence of a prime decomposition for 3-manifolds. His proof originated the concept of normal surface, a fundamental cornerstone of the theory of 3-manifolds. He was born in Dorpat, Russian Empire (now Tartu, Estonia) and died in Tübingen, Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hellmuth Kneser is the 829th most popular mathematician (up from 887th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 200th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Hellmuth Kneser ranks 829 out of 1,004. Before him are William Henry Young, S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan, Walter Rudin, Douglas McIlroy, Hans Rademacher, and Ennio de Giorgi. After him are Friedrich Engel, Corrado Segre, George Szekeres, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Marcel Riesz, and Oskar Perron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hellmuth Kneser ranks 242. Before him are María Corda, Ariel Durant, Clyde King, Luis Muñoz Marín, Kay Sage, and Frank Sullivan. After him are John Grierson, Ernő Nagy, Cesare Merzagora, John Loder, Miguel Murillo, and Henry Louis Hudson. Among people deceased in 1973, Hellmuth Kneser ranks 231. Before him are Ivan Petrovsky, Raymond Schwartz, Betty Field, Robert Buron, Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz, and Brigitte Reimann. After him are Mikhail Somov, Kurt Thomas, Konstantinos Georgakopoulos, Arthur Freed, Earl Browder, and Piero Drogo.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Hellmuth Kneser ranks 179 out of 351. Before him are Marju Lauristin (1940), Hendrik Adamson (1891), Valeri Karpin (1969), Alexander Vostokov (1781), Kalevi Kotkas (1913), and Mihkel Veske (1843). After him are August Gailit (1891), Juhan Parts (1966), Erki Nool (1970), Priit Pärn (1946), Ellen Niit (1928), and Erkki-Sven Tüür (1959).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Estonia

Among mathematicians born in Estonia, Hellmuth Kneser ranks 3. Before him are Erhard Schmidt (1876), and Carl Gustav Axel Harnack (1851).

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