Bernd Fischer (mathematician)
Bernd Fischer (18 December 1936 – 13 August 2020) was a German mathematician.
Bernd Fischer | |
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 Bernd Fischer at the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach, 2008 | |
| Born | 18 December 1936 |
| Died | 13 August 2020 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Goethe University Frankfurt |
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| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Distribute Quasigruppen endlicher Ordnung (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Reinhold Baer |
He is best known for his contributions to the classification of finite simple groups, and he discovered several of the sporadic groups: he introduced 3-transposition groups and constructed the three Fischer groups, described the Baby Monster and computed its character table, and predicted the existence of the monster group.
He did his PhD in 1963 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main under the direction of Reinhold Baer.[1][2]
Notes
- The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Bernd Fischer
- Ronan, Mark (2006). Symmetry and the Monster, One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280722-6.
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