10 Facts About Walter Feit

Walter Feit was an Austrian-born American mathematician who worked in finite group theory and representation theory.

Walter Feit's contributions provided elementary infrastructure used in algebra, geometry, topology, number theory, and logic.

Walter Feit's work helped the development and utilization of sectors like cryptography, chemistry, and physics.

Walter Feit was born to a Jewish family in Vienna and escaped for England in 1939 via the Kindertransport.

Walter Feit moved to the United States in 1946 where he became an undergraduate at the University of Chicago.

Walter Feit wrote almost a hundred other papers, mostly on finite group theory, character theory, and modular representation theory.

Walter Feit wrote the books:The representation theory of finite groups and Characters of finite groups, which are now standard references on character theory, including treatments of modular representations and modular characters.

Walter Feit was awarded the Cole Prize by the American Mathematical Society in 1965, and was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Walter Feit served as Vice-President of the International Mathematical Union.

Walter Feit died in Branford, Connecticut in 2004 and was survived by his wife, Dr Sidnie Feit, and a son and daughter.