Felix Bernstein (mathematician)

Felix Bernstein
Born(1878-02-24)24 February 1878
Died3 December 1956(1956-12-03) (aged 78)
Zürich, Switzerland
Alma materUniversity of Göttingen
Known forProperty B
Cantor–Bernstein theorem
Schröder–Bernstein theorem
ChildrenMarianne Bernstein-Wiener:7r
AwardsICM Speaker (1908)
Scientific career
Theses
Doctoral advisorDavid Hilbert

Felix Bernstein (24 February 1878 – 3 December 1956), was a German mathematician known for proving in 1896 the Schröder–Bernstein theorem, a central result in set theory,:5–6 and less well known for demonstrating in 1924 the correct blood group inheritance pattern of multiple alleles at one locus through statistical analysis.