Mathematician:Johann Karl August Radon

Mathematician

Austrian mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations.

Nationality

Austrian

History

• Born: 16 December 1887 in Tetschen, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Děčín, Czech Republic)
• Died: 25 May 1956 in Vienna, Austria

Theorems and Definitions

• Radon's Theorem
• Radon-Nikodym Theorem (with Otton Marcin Nikodym)

• Radon Measure
• Radon Transform

• Radon-Hurwitz Number (with Adolf Hurwitz)
• Radon-Nikodym Property (with Otton Marcin Nikodym)
• Radon-Nikodym Derivative (with Otton Marcin Nikodym)
• Radon-Riesz Property (with Frigyes Riesz)

Results named for Johann Karl August Radon can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Johann Karl August Radon can be found here.

Publications

• 1913: Theory and applications of absolutely additive set functions
• 1919: Über lineare Funktionaltransformationen und Funktionalgleichungen

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Johann Karl August Radon": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive