Erhard Schmidt

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Erhard Schmidt
Fields Mathematics
Alma mater Georg-August University of Göttingen
Doctoral advisor David Hilbert
Doctoral students Salomon Bochner
Richard Brauer
Heinz Hopf

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 from Georg-August University of Göttingen in 1905.

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

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