Cahit Arf
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Cahit Arf (Turkish: [dʒaːhit aɾf]; 24 October 1910 – 26 December 1997) was a Turkish mathematician. He is known for the Arf invariant of a quadratic form in characteristic 2 (applied in knot theory and surgery theory) in topology, the Hasse–Arf theorem in ramification theory, Arf semigroups and Arf rings.
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Born | (1910-10-24)24 October 1910 |
Died | 26 December 1997(1997-12-26) (aged 87) |
Nationality | Turkish |
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Fields | Mathematics |
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Doctoral advisor | Helmut Hasse |
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