About Karl Prachar
Lived 1924 – 1994 (aged 69–70). Karl Prachar was an Austrian mathematician and university teacher.
Karl Prachar (; 1924 – November 27, 1994) was an Austrian mathematician who worked in the area of analytic number theory. He is known for his much acclaimed book on the distribution of the prime numbers, Primzahlverteilung (Springer Verlag, 1957).
Prachar received his doctorate in 1947 from the University of Vienna.
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Who was Karl Prachar?
mathematician (1924–1994)
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Karl Prachar was born in 1924 in Vienna.
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Karl Prachar died on 27 November 1994 in Vienna.
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Karl Prachar was a mathematician and university teacher.
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Karl Prachar was Austrian.
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