Joseph Wedderburn
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 77 years ago |
| Date of birth | February 2,1882 |
| Zodiac sign | Aquarius |
| Born | Forfar |
| United Kingdom | |
| Date of died | October 9,1948 |
| Died | Princeton |
| New Jersey | |
| United States | |
| Siblings | Ernest Wedderburn |
| Known for | Wedderburn–Etherington number |
| Artin–Wedderburn theorem | |
| Job | Mathematician |
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| ID | 2873539 |
Joseph Wedderburn Life story
Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn FRSE FRS was a Scottish mathematician, who taught at Princeton University for most of his career. A significant algebraist, he proved that a finite division algebra is a field, and part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.
