Carl Johan Malmstén
Carl Johan Malmstén (born April 9, 1814 in Uddetorp , Sweden , † February 11, 1886 in Uppsala ) was a Swedish mathematician .
Life
In 1840 he became a private lecturer and in 1842 a full professor of mathematics at Uppsala University , where he was rector in 1855/56 . In 1859 he was appointed to the State Council and from 1866 to 1879 he was Landshövding (governor) of the province of Skaraborgs län . From 1867 to 1870 it also belonged to the first chamber of the Swedish Reichstag .
As a university teacher, he had a great and lasting influence. He was the first to make Cauchy's theory of functions known in Sweden . He published on various subjects of analysis ; the most important is the investigation of the remainder of Euler's molecular formula . He created formulas for the logarithm of the gamma function (Malmstén’s formula) and before Bernhard Riemann he found a proof of the functional equation of the Riemann zeta function (Crelle`s Journal, Volume 38, 1849), which Leonhard Euler was already familiar with, which Malmstén had in his Article also mentioned.
He has also made a great contribution to the development of Swedish life insurance companies. He was a co-founder of Acta Mathematica.
He was a member of numerous academies and learned societies; inter alia since 1875 correspondent (since 1882 foreign member) of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen and on December 15, 1880 honorary member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
His daughter was married to Ernst Christian Julius Schering .
literature
- Gustaf Eneström : Carl Johan Malmsten . In: Ny Illustrerad Tidning (Stockholm), 1886, pp. 75–76.
- Carl Johan Malmstén . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 17 : Lux-Mekanik . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1912, Sp. 658 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Carl Johan Malmstén in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ Malmsténs Formula , Mathworld
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Malmstén, Carl Johan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish mathematician and politician, member of the Riksdag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1814 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uddetorp , Sweden |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1886 |
| Place of death | Uppsala |