Julius August Christoph Zech (24 February 1821 Stuttgart, Germany − 13 July 1864 Berg) was a German astronomer and mathematician.
In 1849, Zech published a table of logarithms; as a result, Zech logarithms for finite fields are named after him.
In 1863, Zech attended the founding meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft (German Astronomical Society) and became its Vorstand (chairman). Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander assumed this role upon Zech's death..[1]
References edit
- ^ Schielicke, Reinhard (2013). "Wer zählt die Völker - nennt die Namen: Die Astronomische Gesellschaft und ihre Mitglieder 1863 bis 2013". Astronomische Gesellschaft. p. 11. ISBN 9783980517669.
- Killy, Walther, ed. (2006), Dictionary of German biography, vol. 10 Thibaut – Zycha, Walter de Gruyter, p. 657, ISBN 3110961164
External links edit
- J. Zech biography on mathforum.
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