Mathematician:Walter Ledermann

Mathematician

German mathematician best known for his work in homology, group theory and number theory.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: 18 March 1911, Berlin, Germany
• Died: 22 May 2009, London, England

Publications

• 1933: On the various ways of expressing an orthogonal matrix in terms of parameters

• 1949: Introduction to the Theory of Finite Groups
  • 1953: Introduction to the Theory of Finite Groups, 2nd ed.
  • 1957: Introduction to the Theory of Finite Groups, 3rd ed.
  • 1961: Introduction to the Theory of Finite Groups, 4th ed.
  • 1964: Introduction to the Theory of Finite Groups, 5th ed.

• 1960: Complex Numbers
• 1964: Integral Calculus
• 1966: Multiple Integrals
• 1973: Introduction to Group Theory
• 1977: Introduction to Group Characters

As editor

• 1968 - 71: Journal of the London Mathematical Society
• 1974 - 77: Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society

• Handbook of Applicable Mathematics (9 volumes)

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Walter Ledermann": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive