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Gerhard Gentzen

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Gender Male
Death79 years ago
Date of birth November 24,1909
Zodiac sign Sagittarius
Born Greifswald
Germany
Date of died August 4,1945
DiedPrague
Field Mathematics
Academic advisor Paul Bernays
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Gerhard Gentzen Life story


Gerhard Karl Erich Gentzen was a German mathematician and logician. He made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics, proof theory, especially on natural deduction and sequent calculus. He died in 1945 after the Second World War from food deprivation after being arrested in Prague.

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