Robert Fricke

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Robert Fricke
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Karl Emmanuel Robert Fricke
Born September 24, 1861 (1861-09-24)
Helmstedt, Germany
Died July 18, 1930 (aged 68)
Bad Harzburg, Germany
Residence Germany
Nationality German
Fields Mathematician
Institutions Universität Kiel,
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen,
Technische Hochschule Braunschweig (1894-1930)
Alma mater Universität Leipzig
Doctoral advisor Felix Klein
Known for Function theory

Karl Emmanuel Robert Fricke (* September 24, 1861 in Helmstedt, Germany ; † July 18, 1930 in Bad Harzburg, Germany) was a German mathematician, known for his work in function theory, especially on elliptic, modular and automorphic functions.

From 1894 to 1930 Fricke was professor of Higher Mathematics at the Technische Hochschule Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig.


Persondata
NAME Fricke, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH September 24, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Helmstedt, Germany
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1930
PLACE OF DEATH Bad Harzburg, Germany
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