Bernd Fischer | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Bernd_Fischer_MFO_2008.jpg) Bernd Fischer at the Mathematical Research Institute of Oberwolfach, 2008 | |
| Born | 18 December 1936 |
| Died | 13 August 2020 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Distribute Quasigruppen endlicher Ordnung (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Reinhold Baer |
Bernd Fischer (18 December 1936 – 13 August 2020) was a German mathematician.
He is best known for his contributions to the classification of finite simple groups, and discovered several of the sporadic groups. He introduced 3-transposition groups and constructed the three Fischer groups, predicted the existence of the baby monster and monster groups, and described and computed the character table of the baby monster.
He did his PhD in 1963 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main under the direction of Reinhold Baer.[1][2]
- ^ The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Bernd Fischer
- ^ Ronan, Mark (2006). Symmetry and the Monster, One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-280722-6.