Alwin Korselt
Alwin Reinhold Korselt | |
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| Born | 17 March 1864 |
| Died | 4 February 1947 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Known for | Korselt's Criterion |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Otto Hölder and Carl Gottfried Neumann |
Alwin Reinhold Korselt (17 March 1864, in Mittelherwigsdorf – 4 February 1947, in Plauen) was a German mathematician. He discovered Korselt's criterion, which provides a secondary definition for Carmichael numbers and also contributed an early result in algebraic logic.