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Olga Hahn-Neurath was an Austrian mathematician and philosopher.

Career

Born in Vienna, Hahn enrolled as a student for math and philosophy studies at the University of Vienna in 1902. She became blind in 1904, when she was 22. In 1911, she became the third ever female graduate in philosophy at Vienna University.

Her doctoral thesis, published at 1911, received great compliments from her instructor, Adolf Stöhr, the successor to the chair of Ludwig Boltzmann.

Her main interest in math was in the field of Boolean algebra. She died three years later in The Hague, following an operation.

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She is best known for being a member of the Vienna Circle. Olga became a regular participant in the Vienna Circle discussions.