Felix Bernstein

Felix Bernstein ( born February 14, 1878 in Halle ( Saale), † December 3, 1956 in Zurich ) was a German Jewish mathematician.

Bernstein, son of the physiologist Julius Bernstein, Easter 1896 made ​​at the city gymnasium in Halle ( Saale), the High School and then studied with Georg Cantor in Halle. In this time fell in 1897 his development of the eponymous Cantor - Bernstein - Schroeder theorem on the cardinality of sets. Subsequently, he studied in Göttingen with Felix Klein and David Hilbert, where he completed a doctorate on the set theory. From 1907 to 1934 he taught in Göttingen, since 1921 as a professor. In Göttingen he founded in 1918, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and lectured on Biomathematics and insurance statistics.

1919 Bernstein was appointed Reich Commissioner for bonds. In 1924, he clarified by means of statistical analysis of the ABO blood group inheritance. 1934, the Department was revoked under Hitler and he emigrated to the United States. After the war, Bernstein returned to Europe and died on December 3, 1956 in Zurich with cancer.

Publications

• Investigations of the set theory. Mathematische Annalen, Springer, Berlin 1905 (dissertation); New edition January 2010 ISBN 1141370263
• German savings bond premiums in 1919 represented in popular question and answer as well as examples. Reimer, Berlin 1919
• The academic professions / Volume 5 - The statistician and insurance officials. 1920
• Variations and Erblichkeitsstatistik. Gebr Borntraeger, Berlin 1929