This mathematician constructed finite-length free resolutions of graded modules in a namesake “syzygy theorem.” Kummer theory is built on a result later stated as this mathematician’s “Theorem 90.” The observation that applying I and V to an ideal yields its radical allowed this mathematician to generalize Zariski topology in a fundamental theorem of algebraic geometry. This namesake of a (*) “basis theorem” discovered a fundamental correspondence between zero sets and polynomial rings known as the Nullstellensatz. The continuum hypothesis opened a presentation given by this mathematician at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1900. For 10 points, name this German mathematician who listed 23 unsolved problems. ■END■
ANSWER: David Hilbert [accept Hilbert’s problems or Hilbert’s Nullstellensatz or Hilbert’s basis theorem or Hilbert’s Theorem 90 or Hilbert’s syzygy theorem]
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