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Hans Hahn
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Hans Hahn was born on 27 September 1879 in Vienna and died there on 24 July 1934. He worked as a mathematician, philosopher, topologist and university teacher, with a field of work in set theory and topology. He studied at the University of Vienna, the University of Göttingen, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and TU Wien under doctoral advisor Gustav von Escherich, and he later supervised doctoral students including Karl Menger, Kurt Gödel and Witold Hurewicz. He was employed by the University of Vienna, the University of Bonn, the University of Innsbruck and Chernivtsi University, working in Vienna and Bonn. He was a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, received the Lieben Prize, and held citizenship of Austria. His sibling was Olga Hahn-Neurath.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1879
- Died
- 1934
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Alte Probleme
- Gibt es Unendliches?
- Die herrschende und die Ihéringsche Theorie des Besitzes
- Rechnungswesen im Einzelhandel , EURO, Arbeitsheft
- Rechnungswesen im Einzelhandel , Ausgabe AkA-Länder, EURO, Lehrbuch
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1879-09-27 ) 27 September 1879, Vienna , Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 24 July 1934 (1934-07-24) (aged 54), Vienna , Austria
- Education
- University of Vienna ( PhD , 1902)
- Known for
- Hahn series Hahn decomposition theorem Hahn embedding theorem Hahn–Banach theorem Hahn–Kolmogorov theorem Hahn–Mazurkiewicz theorem Vitali–Hahn–Saks theorem Canonical map Uniform boundedness principle
- Awards
- Lieben Prize (1921)
- Fields
- Mathematician Philosopher
- Institutions
- University of Vienna Chernivtsi University University of Bonn
- Thesis
- Zur Theorie der zweiten Variation einfacher Integrale (1902)
- Doctoral advisor
- Gustav Ritter von Escherich
- Doctoral students
- Karl Menger Witold Hurewicz Felix Frankl Kurt Gödel
- Other notable students
- Karl Popper
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hans
- Family name
- Hahn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- Vienna
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Educated at
- TU Wien
- Employer
- Chernivtsi University
- Languages spoken
- German
- Award
- Lieben Prize
- Doctoral advisor
- Gustav von Escherich
- Field of work
- topology
- Image
- Hans Hahn.jpg
- Work location
- Bonn
- Residence
- Austria
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- date of birth
- 1879-09-27
- date of death
- 1934-07-24
- member of
- Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- Hans Hahn
- name in native language
- Hans Hahn
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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