Alwin Korselt

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.

Alwin Reinhold Korselt
Born17 March 1864
Mittelherwigsdorf, Kingdom of Saxony
Died4 February 1947 (1947-02-05) (aged 82)
Plauen
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Leipzig
Known forKorselt's Criterion
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorOtto Hölder and Carl Gottfried Neumann
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