Leopold Gegenbauer
Leopold Bernhard Gegenbauer (born February 2, 1849 in Asperhofen , Lower Austria ; † June 3, 1903 in Gießhübl , Lower Austria) was an Austrian mathematician .
Life
Leopold Gegenbauer studied at the universities in Vienna and Berlin. In 1875 he was appointed associate professor at the newly founded University of Chernivtsi . In 1878 he switched to a professorship at the University of Innsbruck , and in 1893 he took over a chair at the University of Vienna . In 1900 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Gegenbauer is known for important work in the field of number theory , algebra , integration theory and function theory .
The Gegenbauer polynomials are named after him, as are the Gegenbauer rho functions Ρ and ρ (large and small rho ), which are defined as follows.
In 1973 the Gegenbauerweg in Vienna- Floridsdorf (21st district) was named after him.
Fonts
- A few sentences on determinants of high rank , 1890
- About the greatest common divider , 1892
literature
- Maximilian Pinl: Gegenbauer, Leopold. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 129 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Counter builder Leopold. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 416 f. (Direct links on p. 416 , p. 417 ).
Web links
- Entry on Leopold Gegenbauer in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Leopold Gegenbauer. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
Individual evidence
- ↑ L. Gegenbauer, About some number-theoretic functions. Meeting Mth.-Naturw. Cl. Akad Wiss. Vienna 89-2 (1884), 37-79.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gegenbauer, Leopold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gegenbauer, Leopold Bernhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Asperhofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 3, 1903 |
| Place of death | Giesshübl |