Otfrid Mittmann (27 December 1908 in

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and

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was a German

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. Starting in 1927, he studied mathematics and natural sciences in

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and

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, and got his

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in Apr 1935. He joined the

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in Oct 1929.Vita
(p.10) at

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and published on statistical aspects of

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. After the war, he published in Göttingen and

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20th-century German mathematicians Nazi Party members German eugenicists 1908 births 1998 deaths People from Ruda Śląska {{mathematician-stub