What is Bernd Fischer?
[[File:Bernd Fischer MFO 2008.jpg|right|200px]] '''Bernd Fischer''' (18 December 1936 &ndash; 13 August 2020) was a German mathematician. He was best known to his works to the classification of [[simple group]]s, and he discovered several of the [[sporadic group]]s. He helped discover [[3-transposition group]]s and created the three [[Fischer group]]s.<ref>[https://www.mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=26741 The Mathematics Genealogy Project - Bernd Fischer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{cite book | last = Ronan | first = Mark | author-link = Mark Ronan | title = Symmetry and the Monster, One of the Greatest Quests of Mathematics | url = https://archive.org/details/symmetrymonstero0000rona | publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | year = 2006 | isbn = 0-19-280722-6 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Bernd}} [[Category:German mathematicians]] [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}