Gerhard Gentzen

German mathematician (1909-1945) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 35

Gerhard Karl Erich Gentzen was a German mathematician and logician. He made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics, proof theory, especially on natural deduction and sequent calculus. He died of starvation in a Czech prison camp in Prague in 1945.

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