Adolf Piltz

German mathematician (1855–1940) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Adolf Piltz (8 December 1855[1] – 1940) was a German mathematician who contributed to number theory. Piltz was arguably the first to formulate a generalized Riemann hypothesis, in 1884.[2]

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Adolf Piltz
Born(1855-12-08)8 December 1855
Died1940
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
University of Jena
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Jena
Theses
Doctoral advisorErnst Kummer
Karl Weierstrass
Carl Johannes Thomae
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In Piltz's habilitation thesis (1884) the generalized Riemann hypothesis is mentioned.

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