11 Facts About Ernst Hellinger

Ernst David Hellinger was a German mathematician and is primarily known for his works on statistics and probability.

Ernst Hellinger's works include Hellinger distance and Hellinger integral which were introduced by him in 1909.

Ernst Hellinger was born on September 30,1883, in Striegau, Silesia, Germany to Emil and Julie Hellinger.

Ernst Hellinger grew up in Breslau, attended school and graduated from the Gymnasium there in 1902.

Ernst Hellinger's family was Jewish, and he was removed from the faculty of the University of Frankfurt in 1936.

On November 13,1938, Ernst Hellinger was arrested, taken to the Festhalle, and then put into Dachau concentration camp.

Ernst Hellinger was released from the Dachau camp after six weeks, on condition that he emigrate immediately.

Ernst Hellinger joined the faculty at Northwestern University as lecturer in Mathematics in 1939.

Ernst Hellinger died on March 28,1950, in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Ernst Hellinger studied integral equations, the infinite system of equations, real functions and continued fractions.

Ernst Hellinger distance has been used to process natural language and learning word embeddings.