[hil-bert; German hil-buh rt] /ˈhɪl bərt; German ˈhɪl bərt/

[dey-vid;; German dah-vit] /ˈdeɪ vɪd;; German ˈdɑ vɪt/ (Show IPA), 1862–1943, German mathematician.
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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