Bernhard Friedrich Thibaut
Bernhard Friedrich Thibaut (born December 22, 1775 in Harburg , † November 4, 1832 in Göttingen ) was a German mathematician .
He was the younger brother of the well-known lawyer Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut and studied mathematics and physics at the University of Göttingen with Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , Johann Beckmann and Abraham Gotthelf Kästner . In 1797 he received his doctorate ( Dissertatio historiam controversiae circa numerorum negativorum et impossibilium logarithmos sistens ) and private lecturer in Göttingen, 1802 extraordinary and 1805 full professor (for philosophy). In 1828 he was given a professorship in mathematics. He was also a councilor. He had been an assessor since 1799 and a full member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences since 1804 .
In 1801 he published a plan of pure mathematics , which made it up to the fifth edition in 1881. His Grundriss der Allgemeine Arithmetik und Analysis from 1809 (2nd edition 1830) played a certain role in the reform of the analysis lessons in Germany at that time (in particular he tried to separate analysis from geometry). Thibaut was known for his rhetorically brilliant mathematics lectures, which attracted a large audience from all disciplines ( Moritz Cantor ). In contrast , Gauss , who was also teaching in Göttingen, was reluctant to teach and always had very few listeners. In his mechanics lectures, Thibaut made extensive use of the collection of instruments, which went back in particular to Lichtenberg and Beckmann and which he managed. In Göttingen he was also remembered for organizing meals for sick students. In 1826 he was rector of the university. For the last six years of his life he suffered from depression and is said not to have left his apartment.
literature
- Moritz Cantor : Thibaut, Bernhard Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 745 f.
- Karin Reich : Thibaut - the mathematician at Gauss side. In: Communications of the Gauss Society. No. 34.
- Tellkampf: memories of BF Thibaut. In: Halle Yearbooks. 1841.
- Christoph Scriba : Thibaut. In: Karl Arndt u. a .: Scholars from Göttingen. Wallstein Verlag, 2001.
References
- ↑ Thibaut's dissertation 1797
- ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 239.
- ↑ According to Gerling (1810) he spoke of the catheter as Goethe writes (quoted from Scriba, see literature)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thibaut, Bernhard Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1832 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |