Mathematician:Moritz Benedikt Cantor

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Mathematician

German historian of mathematics.


Nationality

German


History

  • Born: 23 August 1829 in Mannheim, Baden (now Germany)
  • 1848: Entered Heidelberg University
  • 1849 -- 1851: at University of Göttingen
  • 1852: Attended courses in Berlin
  • 1853 Appointed as a docent at the University of Heidelberg
  • Died: 9 April 1920 in Heidelberg, Germany


Publications

  • 1851: Über ein weniger gebräuchliches Koordinatensystem ("On a less common coordinate system")
  • 1853: Grundzüge einer Elementararithmetik ("Essence of elementary arithmetic")
  • 1856: Über die Einführung unserer gegenwärtigen Ziffern in Europa ("On the introduction of our current numbers in Europe")
  • 1863: Mathematische Beiträge zum Kulturleben der Völker ("Mathematical contributions to the cultural life of the people")
  • 1867: Euclid und sein Jahrhundert ("Euclid and his century")
  • 1875 Die römischen Agrimensoren und ihre Stellung in der Geschichte der Feldmesskunst ("The Roman land surveyors and their place in the history of field measurement")
  • Vorlesungen über Geschichte der Mathematik ("Lectures on the history of mathematics")
    • 1880: Volume 1: From the earliest times until 1200
    • 1892: Volume 2: From 1200 to 1668
    • 1894-1896: Volume 3: From 1668 to 1758
    • 1908: Volume 4: From 1759 to 1799 (with nine collaborators, Cantor as editor)


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