Ludwig Ofterdinger

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Ludwig Felix Ofterdinger (born May 18, 1810 in Biberach an der Riss , † April 10, 1896 in Ulm ) was a German mathematician . Ofterdinger was a professor at the University of Tübingen and a high school professor at the Ulm high school. From 1848 to 1849 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the State Assembly of the Kingdom of Württemberg .

Life

Ludwig was the son of Georg Ludwig Ofterdinger (1777-1859). His father had been a municipal doctor in Biberach since 1807 . His mother Johanne Louise Auguste (1779–1848) was the daughter of the chief bailiff in Lauffen and Cannstatt Johann Friedrich Seyffer. He was one of the couple's four children, three sons and one daughter.

Ofterdinger studied mathematics and astronomy at the University of Berlin from 1828 to 1831 . In the second year of his studies in 1829, he won a prize for solving the mathematical question about the theory of limits. He found a personal relationship with Professor Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , who taught at the university during this time , but also with Alexander von Humboldt . With its price treatise Methodorum expositio quarum ope Principia calculi superioris inventa sunt doctorate Ofterdinger in July 1831 at the Berlin University for Dr. phil. In the autumn of the same year he completed his habilitation at the University of Tübingen as a private lecturer in mathematics, astronomy and physics. In 1839 he published the report The Probability Calculation of the Allgemeine Rentenanstalt zu Stuttgart for the Board of Trustees of the Allgemeine Rentenanstalt zu Stuttgart .

During the March Revolution from 1848 to 1849 Otferdinger was politically active. In the state elections from June 15 to 17, 1848 he was elected in the constituency of Biberach with 365 of 572 votes cast as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the State Assembly of the Kingdom of Württemberg in the 15th ordinary state parliament (the so-called Long State Parliament). He confessed to want to work for a strengthening of the peasant class and the prosperity of the bourgeoisie. The improvement of the school system was his mission, as was the freedom of the church. But as early as December 1848, the Biberacher Volksverein expressed its distrust due to Ofterdiner's allegedly non-popular attitude. His behavior is not in accordance with his publicly stated principles. His position as a member of parliament was thus undermined. In the next election in 1849 Rudolf Probst was elected, who was to represent the district for 45 years.

After twenty years of activity he became an associate professor at the University of Tübingen in 1851 . But as early as 1852 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the upper secondary school in Ulm. There he worked again for over twenty years. In 1853 he made contributions to the restoration of Euclid's writing on the division of figures in the program of the grammar school and in 1860 contributions to the history of Greek mathematics . The latter work was also a contribution to the commemorative publication on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Berlin University. Ofterdinger also published articles on the history of mathematics in Ulm up to the middle of the 17th century in the program of the grammar school in 1867 . Century . His speech, given to celebrate the 300th birthday of Johannes Kepler in Ulm in 1871, was printed a year later.

In 1875 Ofterdinger was retired. In retirement he devoted himself to research on literary history. He dealt intensively with Christoph Martin Wieland , who like him came from Biberach an der Riss. He owned an extensive collection of Wieland writings and portraits and made a significant contribution to the construction of the Wieland monument in Biberach. In 1877 his biography of Christoph Martin Wieland's life and work in Swabia and Switzerland was published . He published numerous small works in the Württemberg quarterly books for regional history, the negotiations of the historical association for art and antiquity in Ulm and Upper Swabia and the archive for the study of modern languages ​​and literatures , including 1873 About Measure and Weight of the Imperial City of Ulm and the Stammschloß Württemberg , 1883 history of the theater in Biberach from 1686 to the present day and 1885 memories of Ludmilla Assing . Ofterdinger was a member of the Association for Art and Antiquity in Ulm and Upper Swabia as well as the Association for Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Ulm, for which he gave numerous lectures and of which he was an honorary member.

Ludwig Ofterdinger died unexpectedly of cardiac paralysis in Ulm on April 10, 1896, at the age of 85. His written estate is in the German Literature Archive in Marbach am Neckar .

Publications

  • Methodorum expositio, quarum ope principia calculi superioris inventa sunt. ( Dissertation ) Berlin 1831.
  • About comets, their orbits, size, physical condition and destination. With 2 panels. Schweitzerbart, Stuttgart 1835 ( digitized version )
  • Probability calculation by the general pension institution in Stuttgart. Stuttgart 1839.
  • Contribution to the restoration of Euclid's writing on the division of figures. Ulm 1853.
  • Contributions to the history of Greek mathematics. Ulm 1860.
  • Contributions to the history of mathematics in Ulm up to the middle of the XVII. Century. Ulm 1867.
  • In memory of Johannes Kepler. Speech given to celebrate Kepler's 300th birthday. Ulm 1872.
  • A manuscript by Keppler. Ulm 1872.
  • About the size and weight of the imperial city of Ulm. Ulm 1873.
  • Ancestral castle of Württemberg. Ulm 1873.
  • Christoph Martin Wieland's life and work in Swabia and Switzerland. Heilbronn 1877.
  • History of the theater in Biberach from 1686 to the present. Stuttgart 1883.
  • Memories of Ludmilla Assing. Braunschweig 1885.

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SURNAME Ofterdinger, Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ofterdinger, Ludwig Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Biberach an der Riss
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1896
Place of death Ulm