Erhard Schmidt (13 January 1876 – 6 December 1959) was a Baltic German mathematician whose work significantly influenced the direction of mathematics in the twentieth century. Schmidt was born in Tartu (), in the Governorate of Livonia (now Estonia).

Mathematics

His advisor was David Hilbert

After the war, in 1948, Schmidt founded and became the first editor-in-chief of the journal '.

See also

  • Chebyshev function
  • Isoperimetric inequality
  • Low-rank approximation
  • List of Baltic German scientists

Notes

References

  • Reprinted in English translation as "Proof that every set can be well-ordered", van Heijenoort 1976, pp. 139–141.