Alexander von Brill
Alexander Wilhelm von Brill (20 September 1842 – 18 June 1935)[1]:17 was a German mathematician.
Alexander von Brill | |
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| Born | 20 September 1842 |
| Died | 18 June 1935 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Giessen |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Tübingen |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Clebsch |
| Doctoral students | Sebastian Finsterwalder Max Planck |
Born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Brill was educated at the University of Giessen, where he earned his doctorate under supervision of Alfred Clebsch. He held a chair at the University of Tübingen, where Max Planck was among his students. In 1933, he joined the National Socialist Teachers League as one of the first members from Tübingen.[1]:21
The London Science Museum contains sliceform objects prepared by Brill and Felix Klein.
Selected publications
- Vorlesungen über ebene algebraische Kurven und Funktionen. 1925.[2]
- Vorlesungen über allgemeine Mechanik. 1928.[3]
- Vorlesungen zur Einführung in die Mechanik raumerfüllender Massen. 1909.
- Graphische Darstellungen aus der reinen und angewandten Mathematik. 1894.
- with Max Noether: Über algebraische Funktionen und ihre Anwendung in der Geometrie. Mitt. Göttinger Akad.1873, and their article with the same name in the Mathematischen Annalen Bd.7, 1874, Online
- with Max Noether: Die Entwicklung der Theorie der algebraischen Funktionen in älterer und neuerer Zeit. Jahresbericht DMV 1894.
- Das Relativitätsprinzip. Teubner 1912.[4]
- Über Kepler's Astronomia nova. Stuttgart 1930. (15 pp.)
References
- E. Schönhardt (Jan 1936). "Alexander v. Brill". Deutsche Mathematik. 1 (1): 17–22.
- Emch, Arnold (1926). "Review: Vorlesungen über ebene algebraische Kurven und Funktionen by Alexander Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (3): 292–294. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1926-04217-8.
- Robertson, H. P. (1932). "Review: Vorlesungen über allgemeine Mechanik by A. Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 38, Part 1 (1): 17–18. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1932-05303-4.
- Wilson, E. B. (1913). "Review: Das Relativitätsprinzip von A. Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 19 (6): 321–322. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1913-02346-2.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Alexander von Brill", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
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