Adolf Hurwitz

1859 - 1919

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Hurwitz studied the genus of the Riemann surface and worked on how class number relations could be derived from modular equations.
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List of References (13 books/articles)

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Honours awarded to Adolf Hurwitz
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Speaker at International Congress1897
LMS Honorary Member1913


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