Julius Weingarten (2 March 1836 – 16 June 1910) was a German mathematician. He received his doctorate in 1864 from Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.[1] He made some important contributions to the differential geometry of surfaces, such as the Weingarten equations.[2][3][4]

Julius Weingarten
Born(1836-03-02)2 March 1836
Died16 June 1910(1910-06-16) (aged 74)
NationalityGerman
Alma materMartin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Known forWeingarten equations
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral studentsPaul Stäckel

Notes edit

  1. ^ Julius Weingarten at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  2. ^ J. Weingarten (1861). "Ueber eine Klasse auf einander abwickelbarer Fläachen". Journal für die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik. 59: 382–393.
  3. ^ Struik, Dirk J. (1988), Lectures on Classical Differential Geometry, Dover Publications, p. 108, ISBN 0-486-65609-8
  4. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Julius Weingarten", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

References edit

  • Struik, Dirk J. (1988), Lectures on Classical Differential Geometry, Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-65609-8

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