What is "hilbert"

David Hilbert (1862–1943) was a German mathematician.

Hilbert may also refer to:

People:

• Hilbert (name), listing people with Hilbert as a given or family name

Places:

• Hilbert (crater), on the Moon
• 12022 Hilbert, an asteroid
• Hilbert, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Hilbert, Wisconsin, a village
• Hilbert Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia

Other uses:

• USS Hilbert (DE-742), a US Navy destroyer escort of World War II
• Hilbert College, Hamburg, New York
• Hilbert High School, Hilbert, Wisconsin

Hilbert is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just past the southeast limb. It lies just beyond the region of the surface that is occasionally brought into view due to libration, and so this feature cannot be observed directly from the Earth.

The crater is attached to the southeast rim of the walled plain Pasteur, a formation nearly half as large again as Hilbert. To the southeast of Hilbert is the smaller crater Alden, while Backlund lies to the west-northwest.

Much of the outer rim of Hilbert remains relatively intact, although it is heavily eroded in places particularly in the south. The interior is relatively flat, but has been deeply gouged by several small craters. There is a short range of central ridges offset to the west of the interior midpoint. Just to the west of the ridges is Hilbert W, a crater with a smaller crater overlying the western rim, giving it a pear-like shape. Hilbert H is a circular, bowl-shaped crater in the east part of the floor. Next to the northern rim is Hilbert Y. There are also many lesser craterlets scattered about the interior.

Hilbert is both a Germanic masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

• Hilbert Bair (1894–1985), American World War I flying ace
• Hilbert Schenck (born 1926), science fiction writer and engineer
• Hilbert Shirey, American poker player
• Hilbert van der Duim (born 1957), Dutch speed skater
• Hilbert Van Dijk (1918–2001), Australian fencer
• Hilbert Philip Zarky (1912–1989), American tax attorney

Surname:

• Andy Hilbert (born 1981), U.S. hockey player
• Carl Aage Hilbert (1899–1953), Danish Prefect of the Faroe Islands
• David Hilbert (1862–1943), German mathematician
• Donna Hilbert (born 1946), American poet who also writes short stories, plays, and essays
• Egon Hilbert (1899–1968), Austrian opera/theatre director
• Ernest Hilbert (born 1970), American poet, critic, and editor
• Ernest Lenard Hilbert (1920–1942), American Air Force hero
• Georges Hilbert (1900-1982), French sculptor.
• Jaroslav Hilbert (1871–1936), Czech dramatist and writer
• Lukas Hilbert (born 1972), German composer, lyricist, music producer and singer
• Morton Hilbert (1917–1998), professor of public health and environmentalist
• Roberto Hilbert (born 1984), German footballer
• Rodrigo Hilbert (born 1980), Brazilian actor and model
• Stephen Hilbert, American mathematician
• Vi Hilbert (1918–2008), Native American tribal elder

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