Abraham Fraenkel

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human mathematician set theorist

Abraham Fraenkel was a German-Israeli mathematician best known for his foundational work in set theory, particularly his contributions to the axiomatic system now called Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
set theorist ⓘ
academicDegree doctorate in mathematics ⓘ
birthCountry German Empire ⓘ
birthDate 1891-02-17 ⓘ
birthPlace Munich ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
coDeveloperOf Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory ⓘ
coDeveloperWith Ernst Zermelo ⓘ
Thoralf Skolem ⓘ
contributedTo axiomatization of set theory ⓘ
countryOfResidence Germany ⓘ
Israel ⓘ
Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
deathCountry Israel ⓘ
deathDate 1965-04-15 ⓘ
deathPlace Jerusalem ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor Ernst Dobriner ⓘ
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ
University of Marburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish people ⓘ
familyName Fraenkel ⓘ
fieldOfWork foundations of mathematics ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
set theory ⓘ
givenName Abraham ⓘ
knownFor Fraenkel–Mostowski permutation models ⓘ
Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory ⓘ
axiomatic set theory ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
German ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
memberOf Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
surface form: Academy of Sciences at Göttingen

Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
migration emigrated from Germany to Mandatory Palestine in 1929 ⓘ
name Abraham Fraenkel self-link ⓘ
notableStudent Abraham Robinson ⓘ
Yehoshua Bar-Hillel ⓘ
notableWork Abstract Set Theory ⓘ
Einleitung in die Mengenlehre ⓘ
positionHeld professor of mathematics ⓘ
rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ

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Ernst Zermelo → influenced → Abraham Fraenkel ⓘ
Abraham Fraenkel → name → Abraham Fraenkel self-link ⓘ
ZF → namedAfter → Abraham Fraenkel ⓘ
Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory → namedAfter → Abraham Fraenkel ⓘ