Felix Klein

Felix Christian Klein (April 25, 1849 – June 22, 1925) was a German mathematician.

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April 25 - 1849 - June 22 - 1925 - German - Mathematician

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Klein was born in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was a professor at the Universities of Erlangen, Munich, Leipzig and finally Göttingen, teaching mathematics. His major topics were non-Euclidean geometry, group theory and function theory. His enunciation of the Erlangen programme classifying geometries by their underlying group of symmetries was hugely influential: a synthesis of much of the mathematics of its time.

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Düsseldorf - Erlangen - Munich - Leipzig - Göttingen - Mathematics - Non-Euclidean geometry - Group theory - Function theory - Erlangen programme - Group

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He died in Göttingen.

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