Alfred Tauber
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Alfred Tauber was a mathematician who was born in Bratislava
, and died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp
. In 1897 he proved a corrected converse of Abel's theorem
. G.H. Hardy and J.E. Littlewood coined the term Tauberian
to describe converse theorems like that proved by Tauber.
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
, and died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp
Theresienstadt concentration camp
Theresienstadt concentration camp was a Nazi German ghetto during World War II. It was established by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín , located in what is now the Czech Republic.-History:The fortress of Terezín was constructed between the years 1780 and 1790 by the orders...
. In 1897 he proved a corrected converse of Abel's theorem
Abel's theorem
In mathematics, Abel's theorem for power series relates a limit of a power series to the sum of its coefficients. It is named after Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel.-Theorem:...
. G.H. Hardy and J.E. Littlewood coined the term Tauberian
Abelian and tauberian theorems
In mathematics, abelian and tauberian theorems are theorems giving conditions for two methods of summing divergent series to give the same result, named after Niels Henrik Abel and Alfred Tauber...
to describe converse theorems like that proved by Tauber.