Wilhelm Ackermann

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Wilhelm Ackermann was a German mathematician known for his work in mathematical logic and the development of the Ackermann function, one of the earliest-discovered examples of a computable but not primitive recursive function.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
logician
mathematician
citizenship German
coAuthor David Hilbert
contributedTo Hilbert program
countryOfBirth German Empire
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
countryOfDeath Germany
dateOfBirth 1896-03-29
dateOfDeath 1962-12-24
describedBySource mathematics literature
developed Ackermann function
doctoralAdvisor David Hilbert
educatedAt University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
University of Hamburg NERFINISHED
employer University of Göttingen NERFINISHED
University of Halle NERFINISHED
University of Halle-Wittenberg NERFINISHED
University of Kiel NERFINISHED
University of Münster NERFINISHED
era 20th-century mathematics
familyName Ackermann
fieldOfWork foundations of mathematics
mathematical logic
proof theory
givenName Wilhelm
hasAcademicDiscipline mathematics
hasWorkIn formal logic
proof theory
recursion theory
influencedBy David Hilbert
foundational studies in mathematics
knownFor Ackermann function
work in mathematical logic
languageOfWorkOrName German
name Wilhelm Ackermann
nativeLanguage German
notableConcept Ackermann function
notableStudent Gisbert Hasenjaeger
notableWork "Grundzüge der theoretischen Logik"
occupation mathematician
university teacher
placeOfBirth Herscheid
placeOfDeath Lüdenscheid
sexOrGender male

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