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Eugen Netto

1848 – 1919

German teacher and mathematician

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About Eugen Netto

Lived 1848 – 1919 (aged 70). Eugen Netto was a German mathematician and university teacher.

Eugen Otto Erwin Netto (30 June 1848 – 13 May 1919) was a German mathematician. He was born in Halle and died in Giessen.

Netto's theorem, on the dimension-preserving properties of continuous bijections, is named for Netto. Netto published this theorem in 1878, in response to Georg Cantor's proof of the existence of discontinuous bijections between the unit interval and unit square. His proof was not fully rigorous, but its errors were later repaired.

Works Substitutionentheorie und ihre Anwendung auf die Algebra. Teubner 1882. Theory of Substitutions and Its Applications to Algebra. Ann Arbor, Mich. 1892. Die Determinanten. Teubner, 1910. Die Determinanten. Teubner, 2nd edition 1925. Lehrbuch der Combinatorik. Teubner, 1901, 2nd edition 1927. Elementare Algebra. Teubner 1904. Gruppen- und Substitutionentheorie. Leipzig, Göschen, 1908. Vorlesungen über Algebra. Erster Band. Teubner, 1896. Vorlesungen über Algebra. Zweiter Band. Teubner, 1900. Netto: Kombinatorik. Enzyklopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften, Bd.1, 1898. Netto: Rationale Funktionen einer Veränderlichen; ihre Nullstellen. Enzyklopädie Math.Wiss., Bd.1, 1899. Netto: Rationale Funktionen mehrerer Veränderlichen. Enzyklopädie Mathem.Wiss., Bd.1, 1899.

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Education
Frederick William University Berlin, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Gymnasium
Positions held
Rector
Employers
University of Giessen, Frederick William University Berlin, Friedrichswerder Gymnasium, University of Strasbourg

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Who was Eugen Netto?

German teacher and mathematician (1848–1919)

When was Eugen Netto born?

Eugen Netto was born on 30 June 1848 in Halle (Saale).

When did Eugen Netto die?

Eugen Netto died on 13 May 1919 in Giessen.

What was Eugen Netto's occupation?

Eugen Netto was a mathematician and university teacher.

What nationality was Eugen Netto?

Eugen Netto was German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Eugen Netto

· Wikidata: Q68553

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