Carl Ludwig Siegel
Mathematician, Academic
1896 – 1981
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Who was Carl Ludwig Siegel?
Carl Ludwig Siegel was a German mathematician specialising in number theory and celestial mechanics. He is known for, amongst other things, his contributions to the Thue-Siegel-Roth theorem in Diophantine approximation and the Siegel mass formula for quadratic forms. He was one of the most important mathematicians of the 20th century.
André Weil, without hesitation, named Siegel as the greatest mathematician of the first half of the 20th century. Atle Selberg said of Siegel and his work:
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1896
Berlin - Also known as
- 卡尔·西格尔
- Зигель, Карл Людвиг
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Göttingen
- Humboldt University of Berlin
(1915 - )
- Employment
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Died
- Apr 4, 1981
Göttingen
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on July 23, 2013
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