Mathematician:Alexander Wilhelm von Brill

German mathematician best known for his involvement with Felix Klein in the reform of the teaching of mathematics.

Made significant contributions to the field of algebraic geometry. Nephew of Ludwig Christian Wiener.

Nationality
German

History

 * Born: 20 Sept 1842, Darmstadt, Hesse (now Germany)
 * Died: 8 June 1935, Tübingen, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

 * Brill-Noether Theory (with Max Noether)
 * Riemann-Brill-Noether Theorem (with Bernhard Riemann and Max Noether)

Books and Papers

 * 1874: Über die algebraischen Functionen und ihre Anwendung in der Geometrie (with Max Noether)