Oskar Peithner von Lichtenfels
Oskar Alexander Peithner von Lichtenfels , Freiherr von Lichtenfels, (born February 24, 1852 in Vienna , † June 9, 1923 in Graz ) was an Austrian mathematician and professor at Graz University of Technology .
Life
The mining scientist Johann Thaddäus Anton Peithner von Lichtenfels was one of his ancestors . After graduating from high school in Vienna in 1869, Peithner von Lichtenfels first began studying engineering in Vienna, but switched to mathematics and physics after an illness that forced him to interrupt his studies. In 1875 he had to interrupt his studies again for health reasons. Then he studied in Königsberg. In 1879 he received his doctorate (The Prehistory of the Theory of Elliptic Integrals and Functions). He then worked as an assistant at the University of Vienna and completed his habilitation there in 1884 (About Minimal Areas), after which he was a private lecturer. From 1890 he was briefly professor at the Technical University in Brno and from 1891 to 1921 he was professor of mathematics at Graz University of Technology (from 1896 as full professor).
In 1898/99 and from 1913 to 1915 he was rector of Graz University of Technology and in 1902/03 he was dean of the mesh construction faculty.
A special form of minimal surfaces is named after him. They have lemniscates as geodesists .
Wilhelm Blaschke was one of his students in Graz .
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References and comments
- ↑ Eric W. Weisstein: Lichtenfels Minimal Surface. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
- ^ Lichtenfels, note on a transcendent minimal surface, meeting area. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss. Wien 94, 1889, pp. 41-54
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lichtenfels, Oskar Peithner from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Peithner von Lichtenfels, Oskar Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1923 |
| Place of death | Graz |