Person: Threlfall, William Richard Maximilian Hugo

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William Threlfall was a German mathematician who worked on algebraic topology. With Herbert Seifert he wrote a standard work on topology.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 25 June 1888, Dresden, Germany. Died 4 April 1949, Oberwolfach, Schwarzwald, Germany.

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Origin Germany, Topology


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive