Heinrich Gottlieb Koehler

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Heinrich Gottlieb Köhler (rarely Koehler ; born February 11, 1779 in Celle , † October 10, 1849 in Göttingen ) was a German mathematician and university professor .

Life

Köhler attended high school in Celle and went to Göttingen University in 1798 . There he studied until 1801 and already in 1802 he became a teacher of mathematics and physics at the Pädagogium Ilfeld appointed . After about nine years, in 1811, he was promoted to vice principal of the institution. Nevertheless, Koehler is said to have not been satisfied with his position as a school teacher. In 1816 the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Göttingen awarded him an honorary doctorate ( Dr. phil. Hc ), a little later he moved back to Göttingen.

Köhler completed his habilitation at the philosophical faculty and taught there as a private lecturer from 1821 until his death in 1849. In addition to mathematics, his teaching also included courses in architecture. Koehler is said not to have been an outstanding mathematician, but he did some great job completing the logarithmic tables. He also drew attention to himself with his award-winning work on the most expedient establishment of trade schools and polytechnic institutes from 1830.

Works (selection)

  • About the most appropriate establishment of trade schools and polytechnical institutes , Göttingen 1830.
  • Jérôme de LaLande's logarithmic-trigonometric tables: augmented by the tables of the Gaussian logarithms , Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1831 (an amended translation of a work by Jérôme Lalande ).
  • Logarithmic-trigonometric manual , Leipzig 1847.
  • Four logarithmic and antilogarithmic tables , 1851 (published posthumously by a son).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Winfried Scharlau : Mathematical Institutes in Germany 1800–1945 , Vieweg, Braunschweig 1990, p. 123.
personal data
SURNAME Koehler, Heinrich Gottlieb
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koehler, Heinrich Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1779
PLACE OF BIRTH Celle
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1849
Place of death Goettingen