Mathematician:Mathias Lerch

Mathematician

Czech mathematician best known for his work on mathematical analysis and number theory.

Nationality

Czech

History

• Born: 20 February 1860 in Milínov (near Sušice), South Bohemia (now Czech Republic)
• Died: 3 August 1922 in Sušice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)

Theorems and Definitions

• Appell-Lerch Sum (with Paul Émile Appell)
• Lerch's Theorem

• Lerch Transcendent

• Hurwitz-Lerch Zeta Function (with Adolf Hurwitz) (also known as Lerch Zeta Function)

Results named for Mathias Lerch can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Mathias Lerch can be found here.

Publications

• 1881: Beitrag zur Theorie der Kegelschnitte

• 1887: Note sur la fonction $\map {\mathfrak K} {w, x, s} = \ds \sum _{k \mathop = 0}^\infty \dfrac {e^{2 k \pi i x} } {\paren {w + k}^s}$ (Acta Mathematica Vol. 11: pp. 19 – 24)

Also known as

Rendered in Czech, his name is Matyáš Lerch.

Sources

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