Mathematician:Karl Ludwig Gerwien
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Mathematician
German military officer and mathematician, mainly known for his work in geometry.
Nationality
Prussian
History
- Born: 13 May 1799 in Landsberg in East Prussia
- 1815: Entered military service
- 1822: Started service with $22$nd Infantry Regiment as $2$nd lieutenant
- 1830: Posted as a teacher to Cadet Corps in Berlin
- July 12, 1833: assigned back to $22$nd Infantry Regiment
- June 12, 1843: Promoted to major
- 1845: Transferred to General Staff
- June 26, 1849: Promoted to department head
- July 4, 1856: Received royal permission to wear the Order of Saint Vladimir, 4th class
- Died: 24 April 1858 in Münster
Theorems and Definitions
- Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem (independently of William Wallace and Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai) (also known as Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem)
Results named for Karl Ludwig Gerwien can be found here.
Publications
- 1831: Aufgaben-Systeme und Sammlungen aus der ebenen Geometrie, zu einem selbstständigen Unterricht in der Analysis geordnet und durch Gesetze vorbereitet (Volume 1) (with H. von Holleben)
- 1832: Aufgaben-Systeme und Sammlungen aus der ebenen Geometrie, zu einem selbstständigen Unterricht in der Analysis geordnet und durch Gesetze vorbereitet (Volume 2) (with H. von Holleben)
- 1833: Zerschneidung jeder beliebigen Anzahl von gleichen geradlinigen Figuren in dieselben Stücke (J. reine angew. Math. Vol. 10: pp. 228 – 234)
- 1834: Beweise einiger auf der Kugel Statt findenen Sätze (J. reine angew. Math. Vol. 11: pp. 130 – 135)
- 1834: Einige geometrische Sätze (J. reine angew. Math. Vol. 11: pp. 264 – 271)
Also known as
Karl Ludwig Gerwien can be seen cited as Paul Gerwien, but this cannot be corroborated.
While his early works are attributed to one P. Gerwien, there is no evidence that P. stands for Paul, but instead is more likely to be an abbreviation of the honorific Pr. Lt. according to his rank of $2$nd Lieutenant.
Some citations refer to Karl Ludwig Gervien, but it is straightforward to ascertain that this is a mistake.