Ernst Hellinger
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Ernst Hellinger was a German mathematician known for his contributions to functional analysis and measure theory, including work that led to the concept now called the Hellinger distance.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | David Hilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
probability theory
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quantum mechanics ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| coAuthor | Otto Toeplitz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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Germany ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Breslau
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University of Göttingen ⓘ |
| employer |
Northwestern University
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University of Frankfurt NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Göttingen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Jews
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surface form:
Jewish people
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| familyName | Hellinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
functional analysis
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integral equations ⓘ mathematics ⓘ measure theory ⓘ operator theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Ernst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| hasNotableMetricNamedAfter | Hellinger distance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableTheoremNamedAfter | Hellinger–Toeplitz theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Hilbert
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Felix Klein NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann Minkowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of Hellinger distance in probability and statistics
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foundational work in functional analysis ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf | German Mathematical Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Ernst Hellinger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableConcept |
Hellinger distance
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Hellinger integral NERFINISHED ⓘ Hellinger–Toeplitz theorem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
dismissal from his university position under Nazi racial laws
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emigration to the United States ⓘ |
| notableStudent |
Irving Kaplansky
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Paul Halmos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
contributions to the theory of quadratic forms in infinitely many variables
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papers on measure-theoretic foundations of probability ⓘ work on Hilbert space theory ⓘ |
| occupation | university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Province of Silesia
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Striegau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Evanston, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Evanston, Illinois
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Frankfurt am Main NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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