Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs
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Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs (May 19, 1915, Munich
Munich
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–February 24, 1997) was a mathematician specializing in complex analysis
Complex analysis
Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates functions of complex numbers. It is useful in many branches of mathematics, including number theory and applied mathematics; as well as in physics,...

. His main area of research was Nevanlinna theory
Nevanlinna theory
Nevanlinna theory is a branch of complex analysis developed by Rolf Nevanlinna. It deals with the value distribution theory of holomorphic functions in one variable, usually denoted z....

.

Fuchs received his Ph.D.
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 in 1941 from the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
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, under the direction of Albert Ingham
Albert Ingham
Albert Edward Ingham was an English mathematician.Ingham was born in Northampton. He went to Stafford Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge . He obtained his Ph.D., which was supervised by John Edensor Littlewood, from the University of Cambridge. He supervised the Ph.D.s of C. Brian...

. He joined the faculty of Cornell University
Cornell University
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in 1950 and spent the rest of his career there.
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