David Hilbert

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David Hilbert was a pioneering German mathematician whose foundational work in fields such as invariant theory, axiomatic systems, and functional analysis profoundly shaped modern mathematics.

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instanceOf German mathematician
human
mathematician
awardReceived Lobachevsky Prize
birthDate 1862-01-23
birthPlace German Confederation
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia

Königsberg
child Franz Hilbert
citizenship German Empire
Nazi Germany
Weimar Republic
deathDate 1943-02-14
deathPlace Germany
Göttingen
doctoralAdvisor Ferdinand von Lindemann
doctoralStudent Erhard Schmidt
Felix Bernstein
Hermann Weyl
Richard Courant
Wilhelm Ackermann
educatedAt University of Königsberg
employer University of Göttingen
familyName David Hilbert self-linksurface differs
surface form: Hilbert
fieldOfWork algebraic number theory
axiomatic systems
calculus of variations
functional analysis
integral equations
invariant theory
mathematical logic
mathematical physics
mathematics
givenName David
influenced Alonzo Church
Hermann Weyl
John von Neumann
Kurt Gödel
modern functional analysis
influencedBy Bernhard Riemann
Karl Weierstrass
Leopold Kronecker
knownFor axiomatic method
formalization of geometry
foundations of mathematics
introduction of Hilbert spaces
list of 23 unsolved problems
work in mathematical logic
languageSpoken German
memberOf Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
surface form: Royal Society of London
name David Hilbert self-link
notableIdea Hilbert’s program
surface form: Hilbert’s program in proof theory

finitism in mathematics
notableWork Grundlagen der Geometrie
Hilbert basis theorem
Hilbert problems
Hilbert spaces
surface form: Hilbert space

Hilbert’s Nullstellensatz
Hilbert’s irreducibility theorem
Hilbert’s program
Hilbert’s syzygy theorem
Zahlbericht
positionHeld professor at University of Göttingen
presented Hilbert problems at the 1900 International Congress of Mathematicians in Paris
spouse Käthe Jerosch

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Hilbert spaces namedAfter David Hilbert
subject surface form: Hilbert space
John von Neumann influencedBy David Hilbert
Carl Friedrich Gauss influenced David Hilbert
David Hilbert name David Hilbert self-link
David Hilbert familyName David Hilbert self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Hilbert
Bernhard Riemann influenced David Hilbert
Felix Klein doctoralStudent David Hilbert
Felix Klein influenced David Hilbert
Rudolf Carnap influencedBy David Hilbert
Helmholtz Medal hasRecipient David Hilbert
Kurt Gödel influencedBy David Hilbert
Königsberg notableResident David Hilbert
Ferdinand von Lindemann influenced David Hilbert
Hermann Weyl doctoralAdvisor David Hilbert
Hermann academicAdvisor David Hilbert
subject surface form: Hermann Minkowski
Hermann influencedBy David Hilbert
subject surface form: Hermann Minkowski
University of Königsberg hasAlumnus David Hilbert
Georg Cantor influenced David Hilbert
Paul Gordan influenced David Hilbert
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi influenced David Hilbert
Wilhelm Ackermann doctoralAdvisor David Hilbert
Wilhelm Ackermann coAuthor David Hilbert
Wilhelm Ackermann influencedBy David Hilbert
Hilbert problems namedAfter David Hilbert
Hilbert problems presentedBy David Hilbert
Hilbert’s program namedAfter David Hilbert
Hilbert’s program mainProponent David Hilbert
Grundlagen der Geometrie author David Hilbert
Zahlbericht author David Hilbert
Hilbert basis theorem namedAfter David Hilbert
Alonzo Church influencedBy David Hilbert
Hilbert’s syzygy theorem namedAfter David Hilbert
Hilbert’s Nullstellensatz provedBy David Hilbert
Jacques Herbrand influencedBy David Hilbert
Ernst Zermelo academicAdvisor David Hilbert
Richard Courant coAuthor David Hilbert
Richard Courant doctoralAdvisor David Hilbert
Käthe Jerosch spouse David Hilbert
Friedrich influenced David Hilbert
subject surface form: Friedrich Bernhard Riemann