Wilhelm Wirtinger

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Wilhelm Wirtinger was an Austrian mathematician known for his contributions to complex analysis, algebraic geometry, and knot theory.

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instanceOf human
mathematician
affiliation University of Vienna
areaOfInfluence European mathematics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
citizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Austria
educatedAt University of Vienna
employer University of Vienna
familyName Wirtinger
fieldOfWork algebra
algebraic geometry
complex analysis
differential geometry
knot theory
givenName Wilhelm NERFINISHED
hasAcademicDiscipline mathematics
hasHonor membership in scientific academies
hasWork papers on knot groups and their presentations
publications on algebraic curves and surfaces
research articles in complex function theory
influencedBy Bernhard Riemann
Felix Klein
Henri Poincaré
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Austrian Academy of Sciences
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
surface form: German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
name Wilhelm Wirtinger self-link
notableFor Wirtinger derivatives in complex analysis
Poincaré inequality
surface form: Wirtinger inequality in analysis

Wirtinger presentation of knot groups
applications of group theory to knot theory
contributions to the theory of abelian integrals
contributions to the theory of functions of several complex variables
development of methods in several complex variables
results in algebraic geometry related to abelian varieties
teaching and mentoring Austrian mathematicians
work on Riemann surfaces
work on theta functions
notableStudent Nikolaus Hofreiter NERFINISHED
occupation mathematician
positionHeld professor of mathematics
sexOrGender male

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Felix Klein doctoralStudent Wilhelm Wirtinger
Wilhelm Wirtinger name Wilhelm Wirtinger self-link