Education
Hilb obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in 1903 under the supervision of Ferdinand von Lindemann.
Hilb obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in 1903 under the supervision of Ferdinand von Lindemann.
He was one of the authors of the Enzyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften (Encyclopedia of mathematical sciences), contributing on the topics of trigonometric series and differential equations. He wrote a book on Lamé functions. His students at Würzberg included Richard Bär, who later became a distinguished experimental physicist, Otto Haupt, and Axel Schur.