Weyl

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family name human mathematician surname theoretical physicist

Weyl is a surname most famously associated with Hermann Weyl, a prominent 20th-century mathematician and theoretical physicist known for major contributions to group theory, quantum mechanics, and the foundations of mathematics.

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Weyl canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf family name ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
surname ⓘ
theoretical physicist ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth German Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1885-11-09 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1955-12-08 ⓘ
doctoralStudent André Weil ⓘ
Saunders Mac Lane ⓘ
employer ETH Zurich ⓘ
Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
University of Göttingen ⓘ
familyName Weyl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
fieldOfWork mathematics ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
theoretical physics ⓘ
givenName Hermann ⓘ
hasAcademicAdvisor David Hilbert ⓘ
influenced modern gauge theories ⓘ
quantum field theory ⓘ
influencedBy Bernhard Riemann ⓘ
David Hilbert ⓘ
knownFor Weyl character formula ⓘ
Weyl group ⓘ
Weyl quantization ⓘ
Weyl tensor ⓘ
Weyl law ⓘ
surface form: Weyl’s law

contributions to general relativity ⓘ
gauge theory in physics ⓘ
work on group representation theory ⓘ
work on the foundations of mathematics ⓘ
languageOfOrigin German ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
surface form: National Academy of Sciences (United States)

Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ
notableBearer Hermann Weyl ⓘ
notableWork Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science ⓘ
Raum, Zeit, Materie ⓘ
The Classical Groups: Their Invariants and Representations ⓘ
surface form: The Classical Groups
placeOfBirth Elmshorn ⓘ
placeOfDeath Zurich ⓘ
surface form: Zürich
spouse Helene Weyl ⓘ

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Hermann Weyl → familyName → Weyl ⓘ
Weyl → familyName → Weyl self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Hermann Weyl