# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hellmuth-kneser
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:07:50.236Z

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name: "Hellmuth Kneser"
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description: "Hellmuth Kneser was a German mathematician who made notable contributions to group theory and topology. His most famous result may be his theorem on the existence of a prime decomposition for 3-manifolds. His proof originated the concept of normal surface, a fundamental cornerstone of the theory of 3-manifolds."
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birthDate: "1898-04-16"
deathDate: "1973-08-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump