Mathematician:August Ferdinand Möbius
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Mathematician
German mathematician and theoretical astronomer, active in geometry and number theory.
Best known for inventing the Möbius Strip, although this was actually invented independently by Johann Benedict Listing at around the same time.
Nationality
German
History
- Born: November 17, 1790, Schulpforta, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Died: September 26, 1868, Leipzig, Germany
Theorems and Definitions
- Möbius Configuration
- Möbius Function
- Möbius Inversion Formula
- Möbius Strip, also known as Möbius Band
- Möbius Transformation
Results named for August Ferdinand Möbius can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for August Ferdinand Möbius can be found here.
Publications
- 1815: De Computandis Occultationibus Fixarum per Planetas
- 1827: Der Barycentrische Calcul
- 1831: Über Eine Besondere Art von Umkehrung der Reihen
- 1836: Die Hauptsätze der Astronomie
- 1837: Lehrbuch der Statik
- 1843: Die Elemente der Mechanik des Himmels
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "August Ferdinand Möbius": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Möbius, August Ferdinand (1790-1868)
- 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): A List of Mathematicians in Chronological Sequence
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Möbius, August Ferdinand (1790-1868)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Möbius, August Ferdinand (1790-1868)
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Möbius, August Ferdinand (1790-1868)