Fritz Peter (1899–1949) was a German mathematician who helped prove the

Peter–Weyl theorem In mathematics, the Peter–Weyl theorem is a basic result in the theory of harmonic analysis, applying to topological groups that are compact, but are not necessarily abelian. It was initially proved by Hermann Weyl, with his student Fritz Peter, ...

. He was a student of

Hermann Weyl Hermann Klaus Hugo Weyl, (; 9 November 1885 – 8 December 1955) was a German mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher. Although much of his working life was spent in Zürich, Switzerland, and then Princeton, New Jersey, he is assoc ...

, and later became headmaster of a secondary school .

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* 20th-century German mathematicians 1949 deaths 1899 births {{Germany-mathematician-stub