Biography:Wolfgang Hahn

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Short description: German mathematician
Wolfgang Hahn
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Born
Potsdam, Germany
DiedJanuary 10, 1998(1998-01-10) (aged 86)
Kassel, Germany
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
Known forHahn polynomials, Hahn difference, Hahn ensemble, Hahn q-addition, Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsTU Braunschweig, TU Graz
Doctoral advisorIssai Schur

Wolfgang Hahn (April 30, 1911 – January 10, 1998) was a German mathematician who worked on special functions, in particular orthogonal polynomials.

He introduced Hahn polynomials, Hahn difference, Hahn q-addition (or Jackson-Hahn-Cigler q-addition), and the Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function. He was an honorary member of the Austrian Mathematical Society.

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