William Threlfall

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William Richard Maximilian Hugo Threlfall (25 June 1888, in Dresden – 4 April 1949, in Oberwolfach) was a British-born German mathematician who worked on algebraic topology. He was a coauthor of the standard textbook Lehrbuch der Topologie.

In 1933 he signed the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State.

Publications

  • {{citation|last=Threlfall|first=W.|url=http://digital.slub-dresden.de/fileadmin/data/304910686/304910686_tif/jpegs/304910686.pdf|title=Gruppenbilder|journal=Abh. Math.-Phys. Kl. Sächs. Akad. Wiss.|location= Leipzig|volume=41|pages= 1–59|publisher=Hirzel|year=1932}}
  • Seifert, Threlfall: Lehrbuch der Topologie, Teubner 1934
  • Seifert, Threlfall: Variationsrechnung im Großen, Teubner 1938

See also

References

  • Gabriele Dörflinger: [http://histmath-heidelberg.de/homo-heid/threlfall.htm William R. M. H. Threlfall]
  • {{MathGenealogy |id=16589}}

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Category:1888 births

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Category:20th-century German mathematicians

Category:German topologists