ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Ernst Schröder

Ernst Schröder (or Schroeder) was a German mathematician active mainly in the field of algebraic logic.

He is best known for his contribution to what is now known as the Cantor-Bernstein-Schroeder Theorem.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: 25 November 1841, Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden (now Germany)
• Died: 16 June 1902, Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden (now Germany)

Theorems and Definitions

• Schröder's Equation
• Cantor-Bernstein-Schroeder Theorem (with Georg Cantor and Felix Bernstein)

Books and Papers

• 1877: Der Operationskreis des Logikkalküls
• 1890 - 1905: Vorlesungen über die Algebra der Logik, 3 vols
• 1898: Über zwei Definitionen der Endlichkeit und G. Cantor'sche Sätze

Also see

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Ernst Schröder": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive