Georg Aumann

Professor
Georg Aumann
Aumann in Munich, 1967
Born11 November 1906 (1906-11-11)
Died4 August 1980(1980-08-04) (aged 73)
Munich
CitizenshipGerman
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
Known forGeneral topology
Contact relations
Scientific career
FieldsReal analysis
Cryptography
Topology
InstitutionsUniversity of Munich
Goethe University Frankfurt
Bavarian Academy of Sciences
University of Erlangen
University of Würzburg
Technical University of Munich
Doctoral advisorConstantin Carathéodory
Heinrich Tietze
Doctoral students

Georg Aumann (11 November 1906 in Munich, Germany – 4 August 1980), was a German mathematician.[1] He was known for his work in general topology and regulated functions. During World War II, he worked as part of a group of five mathematicians, recruited by Wilhelm Fenner, and which included Ernst Witt, Alexander Aigner, Oswald Teichmueller and Johann Friedrich Schultze, and led by Wolfgang Franz, to form the backbone of the new mathematical research department in the late 1930s, which would eventually be called: Section IVc of Cipher Department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (abbr. OKW/Chi).[2][3] He also worked as a cryptanalyst, on the initial breaking of the most difficult cyphers. He also researched and developed cryptography theory.

  1. ^ Thoma, Elmar (7 December 1995). "Georg Aumann 1906–1980". m8.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de. Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Mathematics. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Army Security Agency: DF-187 The Career of Wilhelm Fenner with Special Regard to his activity in the field of Cryptography and Cryptanalysis (PDF)". Google Drive. 1 December 1949. p. 7. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  3. ^ TICOM reports DF-187 A-G and DF-176, ‘European Axis Signal Intelligence in World War II’ vol 2

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