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Paul Gordan

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German mathematician (1837-1912)

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Paul Albert Gordan was a German mathematician known for work in invariant theory and for the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients and Gordan's lemma. He was called "the king of invariant theory". His most famous result is that the ring of invariants of binary forms of fixed degree is finitely generated.

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Paul Albert Gordan was a German mathematician known for work in invariant theory and for the Clebsch-Gordan coefficients and Gordan's lemma. He was called "the king of invariant theory". His most famous result is that the ring of invariants of binary forms of fixed degree is finitely generated. Clebsch-Gordan coefficients are named after him and Alfred Clebsch. Gordan also served as the thesis advisor for Emmy Noether.

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Lived 1837 to 1912 · aged 75
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