Mathematician:Constantin Carathéodory

Mathematician
German-Greek mathematician who contributed to the theory of functions of a real variable, the calculus of variations and measure theory.

Also worked on rationalisation of the theory of thermodynamics.

Nationality
Greek, of German origin

History

 * Born: September 13, 1873, Berlin, Germany
 * Died: February 2, 1950, Munich, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

 * Borel-Carathéodory Theorem (with )
 * Borel-Carathéodory Lemma (with )
 * Carathéodory Conjecture
 * Carathéodory's Theorem (Analysis)
 * Carathéodory's Theorem (Convex Analysis)
 * Carathéodory's Theorem (Measure Theory)
 * Carathéodory-Jacobi-Lie Theorem (with and )
 * Carnot-Carathéodory Metric
 * Vitali-Carathéodory Theorem (with )
 * Carathéodory Metric
 * Carathéodory Condition
 * Carathéodory Measurable

Publications

 * 1904: Über die diskontinuierlichen Lösungen in der Variationsrechung















Also known as
Otherwise known as Constantine Karatheodori (in Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Καραθεοδωρή).

His surname is often rendered without the accent: Caratheodory.