Kurt Mahler
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Kurt Mahler (26 July 1903, Krefeld, Germany - 25 February 1988, Canberra, Australia) was a mathematician and Fellow of the Royal Society.
He was a student at the universities in Frankfurt and Göttingen. He left Germany with the rise of Hitler and accepted an invitation by Louis Mordell to go to Manchester.
Mahler held the following positions:
- Manchester University
- * Assistant Lecturer at 1937–39, 1941–44
- * Lecturer, 1944–47; Senior Lecturer, 1948–49; Reader, 1949–52
- * Professor of Mathematical Analysis, 1952–63
- Professor of Mathematics, Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University, 1963–68 and 1972–5
- Professor of Mathematics, Ohio State University, USA, 1968–72
- Professor Emeritus, Australian National University, from 1975.
He spoke fluent Chinese and was an expert photographer.
Mahler proved that 0.1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526... is a transcendental number.
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