Otto Stolz (mathematician)
Otto Stolz (born July 3, 1842 in Hall in Tirol , † November 23, 1905 in Innsbruck ) was an Austrian mathematician .
education and profession
As the son of Joseph Stolz , Otto Stolz spent his youth in Hall in Tirol . For three years he attended the Franziskanergymnasium Hall in Tirol . The philologist Friedrich Stolz was his younger brother. Then he switched to the k. k. Obergymnasium Innsbruck , where he with distinction graduated . In 1860 he began studying natural sciences at the University of Innsbruck , where he specialized in mathematics from the very beginning. In 1860 he became a member of the Corps Rhaetia . In 1863 he continued his studies at the University of Vienna , where he is four years later habilitated . In 1869 he went to the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . There he learned from the mathematicians Karl Weierstrass , Ernst Eduard Kummer and Leopold Kronecker . He was mainly influenced by Weierstrass' ideas. He spent the summer semester of 1871 at the Georg-August University in Göttingen , where he heard the lectures of Alfred Clebsch and Felix Klein .
In 1872 he began teaching as full professor for mathematics at the University of Innsbruck. In the academic years 1877/78 and 1888/89 he held the office of Dean of the Philosophical Faculty. In 1890/91 he was rector of the university. He was a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences , the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , and received a number of awards for his scientific work. Shortly after finishing his work "Introduction to Function Theory" Otto Stolz died at the age of 63 in Innsbruck. His son of the same name, Otto Stolz, was a well-known Tyrolean folklorist and historian.
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Otto Stolz is particularly concerned with algebraic geometry and analysis . The principle of pride about the existence of the limit value of the quotient of two sequences is named after him. He wrote introductory works on arithmetic , function theory and differential and integral calculus . Pride also dealt with the history of mathematics. In particular, he brought Bernard Bolzano's contributions to the foundations of analysis from oblivion (1881).
Fonts
- Lectures on general arithmetic. Leipzig 1885/1886.
- Fundamentals of differential and integral calculus. Leipzig 1893/1896.
- with JA Gmeiner: Introduction to Function Theory. Leipzig 1905.
- B. Bolzano's Significance in the History of Calculus. In: Mathematical Annals. Volume 18, 1881.
See also
literature
- M. Pesditschek - M. Petz-Grabenbauer: Proud Otto. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 13, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2007–2010, ISBN 978-3-7001-6963-5 , p. 318 f. (Direct links on p. 318 , p. 319 ).
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Proud, Otto . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 39th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1879, p. 177 f. ( Digitized version ).
- JA Gmeiner Otto Stolz , Annual Report DMV, Vol. 15, 1906, pp. 309–322
- I. Gatterer: Otto Stolz… his contribution to the theory of functions 1842–1905. Diploma thesis 1997.
Web links
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Otto Stolz. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
- University of Innsbruck - Mathematics
- Entry on Otto Stolz in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 74/14.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Proud, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall in Tirol |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 23, 1905 |
| Place of death | innsbruck |