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'''Felix Bernstein''' (24 February 1878, [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]], [[German Empire|Germany]] – 3 December 1956, [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Jewish]] [[mathematician]] known for developing [[Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem|a theorem of the equivalence of sets]] in 1897, and less well known for demonstrating the correct [[Blood type|blood group]] inheritance pattern of multiple [[allele]]s at one [[Locus (genetics)|locus]] in 1924 through [[statistical analysis]]. He studied under [[Georg Cantor]]. |
'''Felix Bernstein''' (24 February 1878, [[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|Halle]], [[German Empire|Germany]] – 3 December 1956, [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[Jewish]] [[mathematician]] known for developing [[Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem|a theorem of the equivalence of sets]] in 1897, and less well known for demonstrating the correct [[Blood type|blood group]] inheritance pattern of multiple [[allele]]s at one [[Locus (genetics)|locus]] in 1924 through [[statistical analysis]]. He studied under [[Georg Cantor]]. |
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In 1934, after [[Hitler]]'s rise to power, Bernstein was deprived from his chair. Bernstein then emigrated to the [[USA]].<ref>O'Connor, Robertson (MacTutor). — According to a |
In 1934, after [[Hitler]]'s rise to power, Bernstein was deprived from his chair. Bernstein then emigrated to the [[USA]].<ref>O'Connor, Robertson (MacTutor). — According to a [[TU Munich]] 2003 [http://www5.in.tum.de/lehre/seminare/math_nszeit/SS03/vortraege/verfolgt#Bernstein term paper] on ''Persecuted Mathematicians'', Bernstein, who temporarily had been Göttingen chairman of the [[German Democratic Party]], got the message of his dismissal (per §6 of the Nazi [[Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service]], often used against politically unpopular persons) in 1933 during a journey to the USA, and he stayed there until his return to Göttingen in 1948.</ref> After the war, Bernstein returned to [[Europe]] and died of [[cancer]] in [[Zurich]] on 3 December 1956. |
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| Born | 24 February 1878 |
| Died | 3 December 1956 (aged 78) |
| Alma mater | Göttingen University |
| Known for | Schröder-Bernstein theorem |
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| Doctoral advisor | David Hilbert |
| Doctoral students | Paul Beck, Martin Gauger, Ruth Heidemann, Hermann Hitzler, Siegfried Koller, Alfred Müller, Hans Münzner, Werner Rups, Walter Schwarzburg, Hans Thunsdorff |
Felix Bernstein (24 February 1878, Halle, Germany – 3 December 1956, Zurich, Switzerland) was a German Jewish mathematician known for developing a theorem of the equivalence of sets in 1897, and less well known for demonstrating the correct blood group inheritance pattern of multiple alleles at one locus in 1924 through statistical analysis. He studied under Georg Cantor.
In 1934, after Hitler's rise to power, Bernstein was deprived from his chair. Bernstein then emigrated to the USA.[1] After the war, Bernstein returned to Europe and died of cancer in Zurich on 3 December 1956.
Publications
- Felix Bernstein (1903). Über den Klassenkörper eines algebraischen Zahlkörpers (Habilitation thesis). Univ. Göttingen.
- Felix Bernstein (1905). "Untersuchungen aus der Mengenlehre". Mathematische Annalen. 61. Berlin: Springer: 117–155. doi:10.1007/bf01457734. (Dissertation, 1901); reprint Jan 2010, ISBN 1141370263
- Felix Bernstein (1905). "Über die isoperimetrische Eigenschaft des Kreises auf der Kugeloberfläche und in der Ebene" (PDF). Mathematische Annalen. 60: 117–136.
- Felix Bernstein (1905). "Über die Reihe der transfiniten Ordnungszahlen" (PDF). Mathematische Annalen. 60: 187–193.
- Felix Bernstein (1905). "Die Theorie der reellen Zahlen" (PDF). Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. 14: 447–449.
- Felix Bernstein (1905). "Zum Kontinuumproblem" (PDF). Mathematische Annalen. 60: 463–464.
- Felix Bernstein (1907). "Über das Gaußsche Fehlergesetz" (PDF). Mathematische Annalen. 64: 417–448.
- Felix Bernstein (1907). "Zur Theorie der trigonometrischen Reihe" (PDF). Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik. 132: 270–278.
- Felix Bernstein (1919). "Die Mengenlehre Georg Cantors und der Finitismus" (PDF). Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. 28: 63–78.
- Felix Bernstein (1919). "Die Übereinstimmung derjenigen beiden Summationsverfahren einer divergenten Reihe, welche von T.E. Stieltjes und E. Borel herrühren" (PDF). Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. 28: 50–63. — Corrections in Vol.29 (1920), p.94
- Felix Bernstein (1923). "Zur Statistik der sekundären Geschlechtsmerkmale beim Menschen" (PDF). Nachrichten von der Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse. 1923: 89–95.
Further reading
Nathan, Henry (1970–1980). "Bernstein, Felix". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Vol. 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Felix Bernstein (mathematician)", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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|pmid=8417988instead. - http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Bernstein_Felix.html
- Felix Bernstein at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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- ^ O'Connor, Robertson (MacTutor). — According to a TU Munich 2003 term paper on Persecuted Mathematicians, Bernstein, who temporarily had been Göttingen chairman of the German Democratic Party, got the message of his dismissal (per §6 of the Nazi Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service, often used against politically unpopular persons) in 1933 during a journey to the USA, and he stayed there until his return to Göttingen in 1948.