Franz Ferdinand Schweins

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Franz Ferdinand Schweins (1828)

Franz Ferdinand Schweins (born March 24, 1780 in Fürstenberg , † July 15, 1856 in Heidelberg ) was a German mathematician . Schweins was a professor of mathematics at Heidelberg University from 1811 to 1856 .

Life

Franz Ferdinand was the son of the master carpenter Franz Schweins (1745-1813), his mother Gertrud (1753-1824) was born Weitekamp. He attended the grammar school in Paderborn and was to study theology at his father's request . He discovered early on, however, a preference for mathematical studies and was allowed to follow his inclination. From 1801 to 1802 he studied first at the Academy of Drawing Arts in Kassel and from 1802 mathematics at the University of Göttingen .

In 1808 , Schweins received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen with the dissertation Circa problemeta aliqvot ad geometriam practicam spectantes as Dr. phil. and completed his habilitation as a private lecturer in the same year . He also gave lectures on mathematics in Darmstadt . In 1810 he went to Heidelberg University as a private lecturer, where he worked for 46 years or 93 semesters. In 1811 he was appointed associate professor . After he had refused an appointment to the University of Greifswald , Schweins was given a full professorship for mathematics at Heidelberg University in 1816 . In 1843 he became Vice Rector and was already a member of the Senate in 1817, as well as in 1832/33, 1838/39 and 1848/49 . In 1819, 1825, 1832, 1838 and 1846 Schweins was elected Dean of the Philosophical Faculty of Heidelberg University.

Franz Ferdinand Schweins died on July 15, 1856, at the age of 76 in Heidelberg. He was married to Catharina Barbara Bellosa (1790–1869) since 1826. The marriage produced a daughter. For his services, he was awarded the title of Councilor in 1820 and that of a Privy Councilor in 1844. In 1843 he received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion . In October 1851, on the occasion of his 40th anniversary at Heidelberg University, Schweins was appointed to the Grand Ducal Secret Council of Baden .

Publications (selection)

  • Geometry. Edited according to a new plan, collected from the writings of the old and the new and augmented with new sentences. First and Second Part, Göttingen 1805 to 1808.
  • Circa problemeta aliqvot ad geometriam practicam spectantes. ( Dissertation ), Göttingen 1807.
  • System of geometry. With an introduction to the theory of size. Designed as a handbook for lectures. Göttingen 1808.
  • Sketch of a system of geometry as an invitation to lectures. Heidelberg 1810. Digitized
  • Handbook of Geodesy. Giessen 1811.
  • Interest bill. Darmstadt 1812.
  • Analysis. Heidelberg 1820.
  • Theory of differences and differentials, of doubled connections, of products with displacements, of series, of repeating functions, of the most general faculties and of continuous fractions. Heidelberg 1825.
  • Size gauge. as editor, Heidelberg 1832.
  • Perfecta solutio problematis de principio virtualis celeritatis. as a commemorative publication of the University of Heidelberg 1844.

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personal data
SURNAME Schweins, Franz Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Fürstenberg (Westphalia)
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1856
Place of death Heidelberg