Erhard Schmidt

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Erhard Schmidt (January 13, 1876 – December 6, 1959) was a German mathematician born in Dorpat (now Tartu, Estonia). His advisor was David Hilbert and he was awarded his doctorate at Gottingen in 1905.

Together with David Hilbert he is considered to be one of the founders of modern abstract functional analysis.

[edit] See also

• Gram-Schmidt process

[edit] External links

• O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Erhard Schmidt". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.

• Erhard Schmidt in the Math Genealogy