Professor Georg Aumann | |
|---|---|
 Aumann in Munich, 1967 | |
| Born | 11 November 1906 |
| Died | 4 August 1980 (aged 73) Munich |
| Citizenship | German |
| Alma mater | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| Known for | General topology Contact relations |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Real analysis Cryptography Topology |
| Institutions | University of Munich Goethe University Frankfurt Bavarian Academy of Sciences University of Erlangen University of Würzburg Technical University of Munich |
| Doctoral advisor | Constantin Carathéodory Heinrich Tietze |
| Doctoral students | |
Georg Aumann (11 November 1906 in Munich, Germany – 4 August 1980), was a German mathematician.[1] He was known for his work in general topology and regulated functions. During World War II, he worked as part of a group of five mathematicians, recruited by Wilhelm Fenner, and which included Ernst Witt, Alexander Aigner, Oswald Teichmueller and Johann Friedrich Schultze, and led by Wolfgang Franz, 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] He also worked as a cryptanalyst, on the initial breaking of the most difficult cyphers. He also researched and developed cryptography theory.
- ^ Thoma, Elmar (7 December 1995). "Georg Aumann 1906–1980". m8.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de. Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Mathematics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "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