Alfred Loewy Explained

Alfred Loewy (20 June 1873 – 25 January 1935) was a German mathematician who worked on representation theory. Loewy rings, Loewy length, Loewy decomposition and Loewy series are named after him.

His graduate students included Wolfgang Krull and Friedrich Karl Schmidt.

Books

• Versicherungsmathematik, 1903^[1] Book: 4th ed. 1924. ^[2]
• Lehrbuch der Algebra, 1915
• Grundlagen der Arithmetik 1915
• Mathematik des Geld- und Zahlungsverkehrs, 1920^[3]

References

• • • Volker R. Remmert: Zur Mathematikgeschichte in Freiburg. Alfred Loewy (1873-1935): Jähes Ende späten Glanzes, in: Freiburger Universitätsblätter 129(1995), 81-102

Notes and References

1. Epsteen, Saul. Review: Versicherungsmathematik, by A. Loewy. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.. 1904. 11. 1. 21–24. 10.1090/s0002-9904-1904-01186-6. free.
2. Glover, James Waterman. James Waterman Glover. Review: Versicherungsmathematik, 4th ed., by A. Loewy. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.. 1926. 32. 6. 714–715. 10.1090/s0002-9904-1926-04308-1. free.
3. Crathorne, Arthur Robert. Review: Mathematik des Geld- und Zahlungsverkehrs, by A. Loewy. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.. 1922. 28. 1. 65. 10.1090/s0002-9904-1922-03519-7. free.