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1901-1955 History of Mathematics Timeline

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  • Elie Cartan developed the exterior derivative

    Elie Cartan developed the exterior derivative
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    History of Mathematics (1901-1955)

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  • Edmund Georg Hermann Landau gave a simpler proof of the prime number theorem.

    Edmund Georg Hermann Landau gave a simpler proof of the prime number theorem.

  • Ernst Zermelo axiomized set theory.

    Ernst Zermelo axiomized set theory.

  • Josip Plemelj published the simplified proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for exponent n = 5.

    Josip Plemelj published the simplified proof of Fermat's Last Theorem for exponent n = 5.

  • Viggo Brun defined Brun's constant, B2 for twin primes.

    Viggo Brun defined Brun's constant, B2 for twin primes.

  • John von Neumann began devising the principles of game theory and proved the minimax theorem.

    John von Neumann began devising the principles of game theory and proved the minimax theorem.

  • Kurt Gödel proved his incompleteness theorem.

    Kurt Gödel proved his incompleteness theorem.

  • G.C. Danielson and Cornelius Lanczos developed a Fast Fourier Transform algorithm.

    G.C. Danielson and Cornelius Lanczos developed a Fast Fourier Transform algorithm.

  • Kenneth Levenberg proposed a method for nonlinear least squares fitting.

    Kenneth Levenberg proposed a method for nonlinear least squares fitting.

  • Saunders Mac Lane and Samuel Eilenberg started category theory.

    Saunders Mac Lane and Samuel Eilenberg started category theory.

  • John von Neumann computed π to 2,037 decimal places using ENIAC.

    John von Neumann computed π to 2,037 decimal places using ENIAC.

  • H. S. M. Coxeter et al. published the complete list of uniform polyhedron.

    H. S. M. Coxeter et al. published the complete list of uniform polyhedron.