Martin Lindow (astronomer)

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Martin Paul Johannes Lindow (born  September 26, 1880 in Zachan , Saatzig district , †  January 11, 1967 in Göttingen ) was a German mathematician and astronomer . He wrote several textbooks on application-oriented differential and infinitesimal calculus and headed the University Observatory in Münster . Erich Hüttenhain (1905–1990), later a leading cryptanalyst in the encryption department of the High Command of the Wehrmacht (OKW / Chi), was his doctoral student in 1933 .

Life

Martin Paul Johannes Lindow was born in the former West Pomerania as the son of a pastor . From 1899 to 1903 he studied at the universities in Greifswald , Halle and Göttingen . In 1902 he was with his dissertation "The roots of the general integral of the differential equation for the associated spherical functions" for Doctor of Philosophy ( phil Dr. ) PhD . His supervisor was Albert Wangerin (1844–1933).

In 1922, after his habilitation at the University of Muenster with his work "A special case of the four-body problem," he got there, the instructor of astronomy . First as a private lecturer , then from 1929 as an associate professor , he taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Natural Sciences . On March 5, 1930, he succeeded Joseph Plassmann (1859-1940) as head of the University Observatory in Münster and expanded it into the Astronomical Institute by 1937.

During the Second World War , the institute and his apartment were destroyed by aerial bombs . He moved to Göttingen in 1944 and retired in 1945. He died there at the age of 86.

Fonts (selection)

  • A nomogram for Thiele's transformation. Astronomical News 1921, 5128.
  • A special case of the four-body problem. Astronomical News 1921, 5181/82.
  • Differential calculus, taking into account the practical application in technology, provided with numerous examples and exercises. Wiesbaden 1922.
  • Integral calculus - taking into account the practical application in technology. B. G. Teubner , Leipzig and Berlin 1922.
  • A transformation for the problem of the n + 1 bodies. Astronomical News 1923, 5241.
  • The circular case in the problem of the 3 + 1 bodies. Astronomical News 1924, 5279.
  • Numerical calculus. Ferdinand Dümmlers Verlagbuchh., Berlin 1928.
  • Ordinary differential equations taking into account the physical-technical applications with numerous examples and exercises. B. G. Teubner, Leipzig 1951.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former professors - University of Münster. uni-muenster.de (PDF; 11.2 MB), p. 109.
  2. ^ O. Günther: Martin Lindow †. Astronomical News , Volume 290/4, p. 191.
  3. ↑ Martin Lindow in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
personal data
SURNAME Lindow, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lindow, Martin Paul Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Zachan , Saatzig district
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 1967
Place of death Goettingen