Alexander Aigner | |
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 Aigner in discussion (1970). | |
| Born | 1 June 1909 Graz, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 2 September 1988 (aged 79) Graz, Austria |
| Citizenship | Austrian |
| Alma mater | Karl Franzens University |
| Known for | Number theory Being one of the original cryptanalysts at the OKW/Chi |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics Physics |
| Institutions | Karl Franzens University |
| Doctoral advisor | Tonio Rella Karl Brauner |
Alexander Aigner (18 May 1909 – 2 September 1988) was an Austrian mathematician specialising in number theory, and a full university professor of mathematics at the Karl Franzens University[1] in Graz. During World War II he was part of a group of five mathematicians, which was recruited by the military cryptanalyst Wilhelm Fenner, and which included Ernst Witt, Georg Aumann, Oswald Teichmueller and Johann Friedrich Schultze, to form the backbone of the new mathematical research department in the late 1930s, which would eventually be called Section IVc of Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht. (abbr. OKW/Chi).[2][3] The group was led by the German professor of mathematics Wolfgang Franz.
- ^ Alexander Aigner at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Army Security Agency: DF-187 The Career of Wilhelm Fenner with Special Regard to his activity in the field of Cryptography and Cryptanalysis (PDF)". Google Drive. 1 December 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ TICOM reports DF-187 A-G and DF-176, ‘European Axis Signal Intelligence in World War II’ vol 2