Mathematician:Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein
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Mathematician
German mathematician best known for his work in number theory.
Student of Carl Friedrich Gauss.
Died tragically young of tuberculosis.
Nationality
Prussian
History
- Born: 16 April 1823 in Berlin, Germany
- Died: 11 Oct 1852 in Berlin, Germany
Theorems and Definitions
- Eisenstein's Conjecture
- Eisenstein's Criterion, also known as the Schönemann-Eisenstein Theorem (independently of Theodor Schönemann)
- Eisenstein Ideal
- Eisenstein Integer (also known as Eulerian Integer for Leonhard Paul Euler)
- Eisenstein Prime
- Eisenstein Series
- Eisenstein's Lemma
- Eisenstein's Theorem
Results named for Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein can be found here.
Publications
- 1844: Geometrischer Beweis des Fundamentaltheorems für die quadratischen Reste (J. reine angew. Math. Vol. 28: pp. 246 – 248)
- 1847: Beiträge zur Theorie der elliptischen Funktionen (J. reine angew. Math. Vol. 35: pp. 137 – 184)
- 1850: Über die Irredicibilität une einige andere Eigenschaften der Gleichung von welche der Theilung der ganzen Lemniscate abhängt (J. reine angew. Math. Vol. 39: pp. 160 – 179)
- 1852: Über eine allgemeine Eigenschaft der Reihen-Entwicklungen aller algebraischen Functionen
Also known as
Known both as Gotthold Eisenstein and Ferdinand Eisenstein.
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Eisenstein, Ferdinand Gotthold Max (1823-52)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Eisenstein, Ferdinand Gotthold Max (1823-52)