Mathematician:Josef Stefan

Mathematician
Austrian Carinthian Slovene physicist, mathematician, and poet of the Austrian Empire.

Nationality
Austrian, of Slovenian descent

History

 * Born: 24 March 1835 in St. Peter, Austrian Empire (now in Klagenfurt, Austria)
 * Died: 7 January 1893 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Theorems and Definitions

 * Stefan Problem
 * Stefan Flow
 * Stefan Number


 * Maxwell-Stefan Diffusion (with )
 * Maxwell-Stefan Diffusion Coefficient (with )


 * Stefan-Boltzmann Constant (with )


 * Stefan's Equation
 * Stefan's Formula


 * Stefan-Boltzmann Law (with )

Publications

 * 1872: Untersuchung über die Wärmeleitung in Gasen, Erste Abhandlung
 * 1875: Untersuchung über die Wärmeleitung in Gasen, Zweite Abhandlung
 * 1879: Über die Beziehung zwischen der Wärmestrahlung und der Temperatur
 * 1889: Über die Theorie der Eisbildung, insbesondere über die Eisbildung im Polarmeere

Also known as
His name in Slovene: Jožef Štefan.