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Hans Hahn

was born 145 years ago

27 September 1879

Hans Hahn was an Austrian mathematician who is best remembered for the Hahn-Banach theorem. He also made important contributions to the calculus of variations, developing ideas of Weierstrass.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hahn/