Felix Klein
Mathematician, Academic
1849 – 1925
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Who was Felix Klein?
Christian Felix Klein was a German mathematician, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis, non-Euclidean geometry, and on the connections between geometry and group theory. His 1872 Erlangen Program, classifying geometries by their underlying symmetry groups, was a hugely influential synthesis of much of the mathematics of the day.
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- Born
- Apr 25, 1849
Düsseldorf - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Bonn
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Employment
- University of Göttingen
- Technical University of Munich
- University of Leipzig
- Lived in
- Erlangen
- Germany
- Died
- Jun 22, 1925
Göttingen
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on July 23, 2013
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