About Wilhelm Specht
Lived 1907 – 1985 (aged 77). Wilhelm Specht was a German mathematician and university teacher.
Wilhelm Otto Ludwig Specht (22 September 1907, Rastatt – 19 February 1985) was a German mathematician who introduced Specht modules. He also proved the Specht criterion for unitary equivalence of matrices.
Works Gruppentheorie. Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften. Springer, 1956. Elementare Beweise der Primzahlsätze. Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, Berlin 1956. Algebraische Gleichungen mit reellen oder komplexen Koeffizienten. Enzyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften. 1958.
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German mathematician (1907–1985)
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Wilhelm Specht was born on 22 September 1907 in Rastatt.
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Wilhelm Specht died on 19 February 1985.
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Wilhelm Specht was a mathematician and university teacher.
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