Reinhold Baer was a German mathematician, known for his work in algebra. He introduced injective modules in 1940. He is the eponym of Baer rings. Reinhold Baer studied mechanical engineering for a year at the Technische Hochschule at Hannover. He then went to study philosophy at Freiburg in 1921. While he was at Göttingen in 1922 he was influenced by Emmy Noether and Hellmuth Kneser. In 1924 he won a scholarship for specially gifted students. Wikipedia
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