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Gerhard Gentzen | |
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 Gerhard Gentzen in Prague, 1945. | |
| Born | 24 November 1909 |
| Died | 4 August 1945 (aged 35) |
| Cause of death | Starvation |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Göttingen |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Paul Bernays |
Gerhard Karl Erich Gentzen (24 November 1909 – 4 August 1945) was a German mathematician and logician. He made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics, proof theory, especially on natural deduction and sequent calculus. He died of starvation in a Czech prison camp in Prague in 1945, having been interned as a German national after the Second World War.