Otto Schreier (born March 3, 1901 in Vienna, Austria; died June 2, 1929 in Hamburg, Germany) was an Austrian mathematician who made major contributions in combinatorial group theory. He studied mathematics at the University of Vienna and obtained his doctorate in 1923. He then moved to the University of Hamburg.

Results and concepts named after Otto Schreier

• Nielsen-Schreier theorem
• Schreier refinement theorem
• Artin-Schreier theorem
• Schreier's subgroup lemma
• Schreier-Sims algorithm
• Schreier coset graph

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1901 births | 1929 deaths | 20th century mathematicians | Austrian mathematicians | Combinatorial group theory