Richard Brauer is an American mathematician known for his contributions to group theory and representation theory. He has made significant advancements in the study of modular representation theory, particularly in understanding the representations of groups over fields of positive characteristic. Brauer is also known for his involvement in the development of the Brauer group, which is an important concept in algebra and number theory relating to the study of central simple algebras and Galois cohomology.
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