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

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