Richard Reiff
Richard August Reiff (born May 26, 1855 in Tübingen ; † July 9, 1908 in Stuttgart ), was a German physicist and mathematician.
Richard August Reiff, born in Tübingen as the son of the philosopher Jakob Friedrich Reiff , studied in Tübingen and Berlin, was repetent and then ao professor of mathematics in Tübingen, then a high school teacher (rector) a. a. in Böblingen and Heilbronn , later in the ministerial department for higher education in Württemberg. In 1902, together with Arnold Sommerfeld , he wrote the (science-historical) article electricity and optics standpoint of action at a distance in the encyclopedia of mathematical sciences . His story of the infinite series has been reissued until recently.
Since 1873 he was a member of the student union Akademische Gesellschaft Stuttgardia Tübingen .
Fonts (selection)
- On the principles of modern hydrodynamics . Mohr, Freiburg 1882
- History of the Infinite Rows . Munich 1889, reprints by Sendet 1969, 1981, 1992
- Elasticity and electricity . Mohr, Freiburg 1893
- Theory of molecular-electrical processes . Mohr, Freiburg 1896
Web links
- Literature by and about Richard Reiff in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Poggendorff's biographical-literary concise dictionary for the history of exact science, Vol. 4, Abt. II, Leipzig 1904, p. 1225.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reiff, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reiff, Richard August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tübingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1908 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |