Hilbert

American  

[hil-bert, hil-buhrt] / ˈhɪl bərt, ˈhɪl bərt /

noun

1. David 1862–1943, German mathematician.

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Hilbert British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

In the startup’s Palo Alto offices, the conference rooms are named for legendary mathematicians—Poincaré, Gauss, Hilbert, Lovelace, Turing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mexican cuisine comfort soup recipes inspired by the menudo still life at the newly reopened Hilbert Museum of California Art.

From Los Angeles Times

Hilbert Margol and his twin brother Howard, now deceased, were part of an artillery convoy heading for the city on a two-lane road through the woods.

From Seattle Times

Hilbert’s spirit is woven into the book through the stories that she passed down to LaPointe and others.

From Seattle Times

NARRATOR: While still in his twenties, von Neumann had already solved Hilbert's fifth problem for compact groups…

From Scientific American