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Born January 23, 1862 • Russia
Died February 14, 1943 (aged 81) • Göttingen • Germany
Subjects Of Study Paul Isaak Bernays • Euclidean geometry • Hilbert space • Hilbert’s 23 problems • foundations of mathematics • integral equation • invariant • kinetic theory of gases • problem • radiation • axiom

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