Bernd Fischer (other)
Bernd Fischer may refer to: * Bernd Fischer (mathematician) (1936-2020), German mathematician * Bernd Jürgen Fischer Bernd Jürgen Fischer (born 27 January 1952) is historian and professor of history at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. He received his Ph.D. in 1982 from the University of California, Santa Barbara The University of Californi ...

Bernd Fischer (mathematician)
Bernd Fischer (18 December 1936 – 13 August 2020) was a German mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to the classification of finite simple groups, and discovered several of the sporadic groups. He introduced 3-transposition groups and constructed the three Fischer groups, predicted the existence of the baby monster and monster groups, and described and computed the character table of the baby monster. He did his PhD in 1963 at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main under the direction of Reinhold Baer. Career Fischer went to Goethe University in Frankfurt to study mathematics under Baer in the early 60s, receiving his PhD in 1963. He later moved to the Bielefeld University, where he became head of mathematical sciences. In 1970, he classified the almost-simple groups generated by 3-transpositions. In the process, he discovered three new sporadic groups, which were later called the Fischer groups. His proof that the classification was ...
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