Isaak Bacharach (2 December 1854 – 22 September 1942) was a German mathematics professor in Erlangen who proved the Cayley–Bacharach theorem on intersections of cubic curves.[1][2]
Isaak Bacharach | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 December 1854 |
| Died | 22 September 1942 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg |
| Known for | Cayley–Bacharach theorem |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Über Schnittpunktsysteme algebraischer Curven (1881) |
He was murdered at the Theresienstadt concentration camp during The Holocaust.[3]
References
edit- ^ Bacharach, I. (1886), "Ueber den Cayley'schen Schnittpunktsatz" (PDF), Mathematische Annalen, 26 (2), Berlin and Heidelberg: Springer: 275–299, doi:10.1007/BF01444338, ISSN 0025-5831, S2CID 120983080
- ^ Eisenbud, David; Green, Mark; Harris, Joe (1996). "Cayley-Bacharach theorems and conjectures". Bulletin of the AMS. 33 (3): 295–324. doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-96-00666-0.
- ^ "Bacharach Isaak: Death Certificate, Ghetto Terezín". Holocaust.cz. Archived from the original on 28 November 2012.
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