Theodor Estermann
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Theodor Estermann was a mathematician
, working in the field of analytic number theory
.
He was born in Neubrandenburg
, Germany
. His doctorate, completed in 1925, was supervised by Hans Rademacher
. Heini Halberstam
, Klaus Roth
and Robert Charles Vaughan were Ph.D. students of his.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, working in the field of analytic number theory
Analytic number theory
In mathematics, analytic number theory is a branch of number theory that uses methods from mathematical analysis to solve problems about the integers. It is often said to have begun with Dirichlet's introduction of Dirichlet L-functions to give the first proof of Dirichlet's theorem on arithmetic...
.
He was born in Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg
Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. His doctorate, completed in 1925, was supervised by Hans Rademacher
Hans Rademacher
Hans Adolph Rademacher was a German mathematician, known for work in mathematical analysis and number theory.-Biography:...
. Heini Halberstam
Heini Halberstam
Heini Halberstam is a British mathematician, working in the field of analytic number theory. He is one of the two mathematicians after whom the Elliott-Halberstam conjecture is named....
, Klaus Roth
Klaus Roth
Klaus Friedrich Roth is a British mathematician known for work on diophantine approximation, the large sieve, and irregularities of distribution. He was born in Breslau, Prussia, but raised and educated in the UK. He graduated from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1945...
and Robert Charles Vaughan were Ph.D. students of his.