Abraham Fraenkel, German-Israeli mathematician and academic (born 1891)

Abraham Fraenkel

German-Israeli mathematician and Zionist (1891–1965)

Abraham Fraenkel was a German-born Israeli mathematician. He was an early Zionist and the first Dean of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his contributions to axiomatic set theory, especially his additions to Ernst Zermelo's axioms, which…