Mathematician:Martin Wilhelm Kutta

Mathematician
German mathematician best known for co-developing (with ) of the Runge-Kutta Methods in the field of numerical analysis.

Also known for the Zhukovsky-Kutta Aerofoil.

Nationality
Germany

History

 * Born: 3 November 1867 in Pitschen, Upper Silesia (now Byczyna, Poland)
 * Died: 25 December 1944 in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

 * Runge-Kutta Methods (with ), including:
 * Second-Order Runge-Kutta Formula
 * Classical Runge-Kutta Method
 * Zhukovsky-Kutta Aerofoil (with )
 * Kutta-Zhukovsky Theorem (with )
 * Kutta Condition

Publications

 * 1900: Beiträge zur näherungsweisen Integration totaler Differentialgleichungen
 * 1910: Über ebene Zirkulationsströmungen nebst flugtechnischen Anwendungen