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Wolfgang Hahn

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Residence
  
Germany

Fields
  
Mathematics

Name
  
Wolfgang Hahn


Alma mater
  
University of Berlin

Citizenship
  
Germany

Doctoral advisor
  
Issai Schur

Born
  
April 30, 1911 Potsdam (
1911-04-30
)

Institutions
  
TU Braunschweig, TU Graz

Known for
  
Hahn polynomials, Hahn class, Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function

Died
  
January 10, 1998, Kassel, Germany

Education
  
Humboldt University of Berlin

Books
  
Stability of Motion, Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire: (Anastastius I - Justinian I, 491-565)

Andrea fraser wolfgang hahn prize 2013 museum ludwig cologne


Wolfgang Hahn (April 30, 1911 – January 10, 1998) was a German mathematician who worked on special functions, in particular orthogonal polynomials.

He introduced Hahn polynomials, the Hahn class, and the Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function. He was an honorary member of the Austrian Mathematical Society.

References

Wolfgang Hahn Wikipedia