Walter Ledermann | |
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| Born | 18 March 1911 |
| Died | 22 May 2009 (aged 98) London, England |
| Nationality | German, British |
| Alma mater | University of St Andrews |
| Known for | Mathematics, matrix theory, group theory, homological algebra, number theory, statistics, stochastic processes |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Edinburgh University of Dundee University of St Andrews University of Manchester University of Sussex |
| Thesis | Classifying the Stabilizer of a Pencil[1] (1936) |
| Doctoral advisor | Herbert Turnbull |
| Doctoral students | |
Walter Ledermann FRSE (18 March 1911, Berlin, Germany – 22 May 2009, London, England) was a German and British mathematician who worked on matrix theory, group theory, homological algebra, number theory, statistics, and stochastic processes. He was elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1944.