Otto Hermann Künneth

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Otto Hermann Lorenz Künneth (July 6, 1892 Neustadt an der Haardt – May 7, 1975 Er­langen) was a German mathematician and renowned algebraic topologist, best known for his contribution to what is now known as the Künneth theorem.

His 1922 doctoral thesis was titled "Über die Bettischen Zahlen einer Produktmannigfaltigkeit" (University of Erlangen, supervised by Heinrich Franz Friedrich Tietze).

Künneth participated in the First World War and was captured by British forces.

[edit] Sources

• Haupt, Otto: Hermann Künneth zum Gedenken, JDMV 78 (1976) 61–66; Pogg. VI, VIIa, VIII.

[edit] External links

• Otto Hermann Künneth at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

Persondata
NAME	Künneth, Otto Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 6, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neustadt an der Weinstraße
DATE OF DEATH	May 7, 1975
PLACE OF DEATH	Er­langen