Heinrich Martin Weber [SEP] place of death
Heinrich Martin Weber
Heinrich Martin Weber (5 March 1842, Heidelberg, Germany – 17 May 1913, Straßburg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire, now Strasbourg, France) was a German mathematician. Weber's main work was in algebra, number theory, and analysis. He is best known for his text "Lehrbuch der Algebra" published in 1895 and much of it is his original research in algebra and number theory. His work "Theorie der algebraischen Functionen einer Veränderlichen" (with Dedekind) established an algebraic foundation
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May 17, 1913 (Saturday).
- Two Cuban aviators, Agustin Parla and Domingo Rosillo, made the first airplane flight between the United States and Cuba, taking off from Key West and landing in Havana.
- Died: Heinrich Martin Weber, 71, German mathematician
May 18, 1913 (Sunday).
- A group of sixty-seven opium poppy farmers, who had refused to allow their crops to be burned by Chinese army, were themselves burned to death when they were