Mathematician:Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein

German mathematician known both as Gotthold Eisenstein and Ferdinand Eisenstein, best known for his work in number theory.

Student of Carl Friedrich Gauss.

Died tragically young of tuberculosis.

Nationality
Prussian

History

 * Born: 16 April 1823 in Berlin, Germany
 * Died: 11 Oct 1852 in Berlin, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

 * Eisenstein's Criterion, also known as the Schönemann-Eisenstein Theorem (independently of Theodor Schönemann)
 * Eisenstein Ideal
 * Eisenstein Integer (also known as Eulerian Integer for Leonhard Paul Euler)
 * Eisenstein Prime
 * Eisenstein Series
 * Eisenstein's Theorem

Books and Papers

 * 1847: Beiträge zur Theorie der elliptischen Funktionen
 * 1852: Über eine allgemeine Eigenschaft der Reihen-Entwicklungen aller algebraischen Functionen
 * 1852: Über eine allgemeine Eigenschaft der Reihen-Entwicklungen aller algebraischen Functionen
 * 1852: Über eine allgemeine Eigenschaft der Reihen-Entwicklungen aller algebraischen Functionen