Paul Gordan

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Paul Gordan was a 19th-century German mathematician known as the "king of invariant theory" for his foundational work in algebraic invariants.

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instanceOf German mathematician
human
mathematician
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship Germany
dateOfBirth 1837-04-27
dateOfDeath 1912-12-21
doctoralAdvisor Ernst Eduard Kummer
educatedAt University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Breslau
employer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
surface form: University of Erlangen
ethnicGroup German
familyName Gordon
surface form: Gordan
fieldOfWork algebra
invariant theory
mathematics
givenName Paul
hasHonorificTitle king of invariant theory
influenced David Hilbert
influencedBy Ernst Eduard Kummer
knownFor constructive methods in invariant theory
proof of the finite basis theorem for invariants of binary forms
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
surface form: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
nickname king of invariant theory
notableAchievement advanced classical invariant theory before Hilbert's abstract methods
developed algorithmic techniques for computing invariants
notableStudent Emanuel Lasker
Felix Klein
Max Noether
notableWork foundational work in algebraic invariants
work on invariants of binary forms
occupation researcher in mathematics
university teacher
placeOfBirth Breslau
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
placeOfDeath Erlangen
Kingdom of Bavaria
religion Judaism
residence Breslau
Erlangen
sexOrGender male
student Emanuel Lasker
Felix Klein
Max Noether
workLocation Erlangen

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Alfred Clebsch coAuthor Paul Gordan
Amalie doctoralAdvisor Paul Gordan
subject surface form: Amalie Noether
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Emmy doctoralAdvisor Paul Gordan
subject surface form: Emmy Noether
Max Noether doctoralAdvisor Paul Gordan
Alfred Clebsch influenced Paul Gordan