DAVID HILBERT

DAVID HILBERT

• Born on January 23, 1862 in konigsbern, Prussia
• Had two children
• interested in language, but set it aside for his most loved subject; math
• David married his second cousin
• Had constant depression

WHAT HAPPENED WHEN DAVID WAS ALIVE

• A battle to capture a small town happened
• Is now celebrated in Mexico called cinco de mayo
• Battle of Fredericksburg
• The battle of seven pines
• Battle of Shiloh

MATH

• Discovered a solution to a complex math problem
• Was also deemed to be the greatest mathematician
• Received a prestigious Bolyai prize
• One of his major contributions is "Satz 90"
• A theory based on the relative cyclic fields that was one of the milestones