Mathematician:Abraham Halevi Fraenkel

In Hebrew: אברהם הלוי (אדולף) פרנקל. Originally known as Adolf, changed his name to Abraham when he moved to Palestine.

German-born Israeli Hungarian mathematician best known for his work on axiomatic set theory.

He improved 's axiomatic system, and out of that work came the Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms.

He also wrote on topics in the history of mathematics.

Nationality
Israeli; born in Germany

History

 * Born: February 17, 1891 Munich, Germany
 * Died: October 15, 1965 Jerusalem, Israel

Theorems and Definitions

 * Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms: ZF and ZFC (with )
 * Fraenkel-Mostowski Permutation Method (with )

Books and Papers

 * 1908: Bestimmung des Datums des jüdischen Osterfestes für die Zeitrechnung der Mohammedaner
 * 1909: Eine Formel zur Verwandlung jüdischer Daten in mohammedanische
 * 1910: Die Berechnung des Osterfestes
 * 1915: Über die Teiler der Null und die Zerlegung von Ringen
 * 1919: Einleitung in die Mengenlehre
 * 1922: The notion of 'definite' and the independence of the axiom of choice
 * 1938: Historical introduction to by
 * 1960: Jewish mathematics and astronomy
 * 1966: Set Theory and Logic
 * 1967: Lebenskreise: Aus den Erinnerungen eines jüdischen Mathematikers
 * 1973: Foundations of Set Theory, 2nd Ed. (with, and )