Ernst Zermelo

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German mathematician human mathematician

Ernst Zermelo was a German mathematician best known for formulating Zermelo set theory and proving the well-ordering theorem, foundational results in modern set theory and mathematical logic.

Aliases (1)

Zermelo ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German mathematician → human → mathematician →
academicAdvisor	David Hilbert →
citizenship	German →
contributedTo	axiomatic method in set theory → foundations of mathematics →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → Germany →
dateOfBirth	1871-07-27 →
dateOfDeath	1953-05-21 →
doctoralAdvisor	Hermann Amandus Schwarz →
educatedAt	Humboldt University of Berlin NERFINISHED → University of Freiburg NERFINISHED → University of Halle-Wittenberg NERFINISHED →
employer	University of Freiburg NERFINISHED → University of Göttingen NERFINISHED →
familyName	Zermelo →
fieldOfWork	axiomatic set theory → mathematical logic → mathematics → set theory →
givenName	Ernst →
hasAcademicDiscipline	theoretical mathematics →
hasInfluenced	mathematical logic → modern set theory →
influenced	Abraham Fraenkel → Kurt Gödel →
introduced	axiom of choice in set theory →
knownFor	Zermelo set theory → Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory → axiom of choice → axiomatization of set theory → well-ordering theorem →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
memberOf	Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities → Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities →
name	Ernst Zermelo →
notableIdea	Zermelo–Fraenkel axioms → Zermelo’s axioms for set theory →
notableWork	Untersuchungen über die Grundlagen der Mengenlehre →
placeOfBirth	Berlin →
placeOfDeath	Freiburg im Breisgau NERFINISHED →
positionHeld	professor of mathematics →
proved	well-ordering theorem →
residence	Freiburg im Breisgau NERFINISHED → Göttingen →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Zermelo set theory → axiom of choice → axiom schema of separation →	introducedBy
ZF → Zermelo set theory → Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory →	namedAfter
Abraham Fraenkel →	coDeveloperWith
Felix Klein →	doctoralStudent
Ernst Zermelo ("Zermelo") →	familyName
Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award →	hasRecipient
Georg Cantor →	influenced
Ernst Zermelo →	name
Ackermann–Teubner Memorial Award →	notableRecipient