Hilbert

[ hil-bert; German hil-buhrt ]

noun
  1. Da·vid [dey-vid; German dah-vit], /ˈdeɪ vɪd; German ˈdɑ vɪt/, 1862–1943, German mathematician.

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Hilbert

/ (ˈhɪlbət) /


noun
  1. David (ˈdaːfɪt). 1862–1943, German mathematician, who made outstanding contributions to the theories of number fields and invariants and to geometry

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