Biography:Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs

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Short description: German mathematician
Wolfgang Fuchs
Born(1915-05-19)May 19, 1915
DiedFebruary 24, 1997(1997-02-24) (aged 81)
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Scientific career
InstitutionsCornell University
Doctoral advisorAlbert Ingham
Doctoral studentsDavid Drasin

Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs (May 19, 1915, Munich – February 24, 1997) was a British mathematician specializing in complex analysis. His main area of research was Nevanlinna theory.

Fuchs received his Ph.D. in 1941 from the University of Cambridge, under the direction of Albert Ingham.[1] He joined the faculty of Cornell University in 1950 and spent the rest of his career there.

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  1. Anderson, J. Milne; Drasin, David; Sons, Linda R. (December 1998). "Wolfgang Heinrich Johannes Fuchs (1915–1997)". Notices of the American Mathematical Society 45 (11): 1472–1478. http://www.ams.org/notices/199811/mem-fuchs.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-27. 

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