Fritz Bützberger

Fritz Bützberger (26 March 1862 – 1 November 1922) was a Swiss mathematician.

Fritz Bützberger
Born(1862-03-26)26 March 1862
Bleienbach, canton of Bern, Switzerland
Died1 November 1922(1922-11-01) (aged 60)
Bern, Switzerland
Alma materETH Zurich
University of Bern
Spouse(s)Rosa Kohler
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
ThesisEin mit der Theorie algebraischer Flächen zusammenhängendes planimetrisches Problem (1888)
Doctoral advisorLudwig Schläfli
InfluencesJakob Steiner

Life and work

Bützberger was educated in the schools of Langenthal and Burgdorf before entering at ETH Zürich in 1880. He graduated in 1884 and began his teaching in his former secondary school in Langenthal. Simultaneously he studied for his doctorate that was awarded him by the university of Bern in 1888 under the advice of Ludwig Schläfli.[1]

From 1896 he was mathematics professor at the Kantonsschule of Zürich. He also delivered some lectures on geometry to future techers in the university of Zürich. From 1903 he had a teaching post in the technical school of Burgdorf.

He was the author of several text books for secondary level very valued and reedited several times.[2] The matters included stereometry, trigonometry, algebra and arithmetic.[3]

He was also the editor of the oldest papers and manuscripts of Jakob Steiner.[4]

References
  1. Eminger 2015, p. 89.
  2. Bützberger 1994, p. 5.
  3. Eminger 2015, p. 90.
  4. Lorenat 2015, p. 174.

Bibliography
  • Bützberger, Fritz (1994). "Fritz Bützberger (1862-1922)" (PDF). ETH Zürich Research Collection. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-000480488.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Eminger, Stefanie Ursula (2015). Carl Friedrich Geiser and Ferdinand Rudio: The Men Behind the First International Congress of Mathematicians (PDF). St Andrews University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Lorenat, Jemma (2015). Die Freude an der Gestalt: Methods, Figures, and Practices in Early Nineteenth Century Geometry (PDF). Simon Fraser University.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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