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This isn't actually the Jensen who proved that there are infinitely many irregular primes; one can check on Zentrallblatt that that was proved by K. L. Jensen: the reference is K. L. Jensen, "Om talteoretiske Egenskaber ved de {\it Bernoulliske} Tal" (Danish), published in Nyt Tidsskr. for Math. 26, pages 73--83 (1915). An online reference is given in the following list of Bernoulli-related papers: [1]. Throwawayhack 19:31, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]


I have removed the statement "He was imprisoned for the part he played in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 and died of pneumonia shortly thereafter" because it is almost certainly false, if it is true, and that would be very interesting if disturbing, it would need a reference. Notjim (talk)