Max Noether

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Max Noether ( ; 24 September 1844 – 13 December 1921) was a German mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He has been called "one of the finest mathematicians of the nineteenth century". He was the father of Emmy Noether.

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1. date of birth: 1844 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 1884 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of birth: 1889 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of death: 1921-12-13 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372540254