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William Threlfall

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William Threlfall in 1936

William Richard Maximilian Hugo Threlfall (25 June 1888, in Dresden – 4 April 1949, in Oberwolfach) was a British-born German mathematician who worked on algebraic topology. He was a coauthor of the standard textbook Lehrbuch der Topologie.

In 1933 he signed the Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State.

Publications

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  • Threlfall, W. (1932), "Gruppenbilder" (PDF), Abh. Math.-Phys. Kl. Sächs. Akad. Wiss., 41, Leipzig: Hirzel: 1–59
  • Seifert, Threlfall: Lehrbuch der Topologie, Teubner 1934
  • Seifert, Threlfall: Variationsrechnung im Großen, Teubner 1938

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