German mathematician
Erhard Schmidt was a mathematician born on January 13, 1876, in Tartu. He held citizenship in East Germany and was educated at the University of Tartu. Schmidt was a student of David Hilbert and mentored a doctoral student named Michael Golomb. He passed away in Berlin on December 6, 1959.
Schmidt was the founder of Mathematische Zeitschrift, a mathematics journal. Throughout his career, Erhard Schmidt's work greatly contributed to the field of mathematics and his legacy lives on through the accomplishments of his students and the continued publication of Mathematische Zeitschrift.
German mathematician