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Walter Feit was born on 26 October, 1930 in Vienna, Austria, is an Austrian-American mathematician. Discover Walter Feit's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 26 October, 1930
Birthday 26 October
Birthplace Vienna, Austria
Date of death 29 July, 2004
Died Place Branford, Connecticut
Nationality Austria

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1930

Walter Feit (October 26, 1930 – July 29, 2004) was an Austrian-born American mathematician who worked in finite group theory and representation theory.

His contributions provided elementary infrastructure used in algebra, geometry, topology, number theory, and logic.

His work helped the development and utilization of sectors like cryptography, chemistry, and physics.

1939

He was born to a Jewish family in Vienna and escaped for England in 1939 via the Kindertransport.

1946

He moved to the United States in 1946 where he became an undergraduate at the University of Chicago.

1952

He did his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, and became a professor at Cornell University in 1952, and at Yale University in 1964.

His most famous result is his proof, joint with John G. Thompson, of the Feit–Thompson theorem that all finite groups of odd order are solvable.

At the time it was written, it was probably the most complicated and difficult mathematical proof ever completed.

He wrote almost a hundred other papers, mostly on finite group theory, character theory (in particular introducing the concept of a coherent set of characters), and modular representation theory.

Another regular theme in his research was the study of linear groups of small degree, that is, finite groups of matrices in low dimensions.

It was often the case that, while the conclusions concerned groups of complex matrices, the techniques employed were from modular representation theory.

He also wrote the books:The representation theory of finite groups and Characters of finite groups, which are now standard references on character theory, including treatments of modular representations

and modular characters.

1965

He was awarded the Cole Prize by the American Mathematical Society in 1965, and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He also served as Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union.

1970

Feit was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Nice in 1970.

2003

"In October 2003, on the eve of Professor Feit's retirement, colleagues and former students gathered at Yale for a special four-day "Conference on Groups, Representations and Galois Theory" to honor him and his contributions. Nearly 80 researchers from around the world met to exchange ideas in the fields he had helped to create."

2004

He died in Branford, Connecticut in 2004 and was survived by his wife, Dr. Sidnie Feit, and a son and daughter.

"A memorial service was held on Sunday, October 10, 2004, at the New Haven Lawn Club, 193 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT."