Christian Friedrich Eichhorn

Christian Friedrich Eichhorn (born January 3, 1804 in Osnabrück , † September 8, 1836 in Hanover ) was a German mathematician .

Life

Eichhorn attended a Protestant high school in his hometown. He then began to study at the University of Göttingen at Easter 1823 after completing his preparatory training the previous year and stayed there as a student for three years. In 1826 he was awarded a doctorate in philosophy . After traveling to Paris , he taught mathematics, applied mathematics and mathematical physics at the University of Göttingen as a private lecturer . In March 1831 he became a teacher of both applied mathematics and mechanical engineering at the higher trade school in Hanover . He held this position until his untimely death on September 8, 1836.

Works

• Chriemhilde's revenge. A tragedy. (Göttingen 1824)
• Attempt of a development map of general pure mathematics (Göttingen 1828)
• Principles of a general function calculation (Hannover 1834)

literature

• Karl Karmarsch :  Eichhorn, Christian Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 729 f.
• TH Hannover (ed.): Catalogus Professorum. The teaching staff of the Technical University of Hanover 1831–1856 , Hanover: Technical University of Technology 1956, p. 157.