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-lrb- -lsb- http://owpdb.mfo.de/person_detail?id=316 oberwolfach photo collection -rsb- -rrb- david hilbert 1934 18 august 1998 munich salzwedel 14 october 1909 feferman-schütte ordinal kurt schuette.jpg kurt schütte
 untersuchungen zum entscheidungsproblem der mathematischen logik
kurt schütte

kurt schütte -lrb- 14 october 1909 , salzwedel -- 18 august 1998 , munich -rrb- was a german mathematician who worked on proof theory and ordinal analysis .
the feferman -- schütte ordinal , which he showed to be the precise ordinal bound for predicativity , is named after him .
