Mathematician:August Otto Föppl

Mathematician

German mathematician credited with introducing Föppl-Klammer theory and the Föppl-von Kármán Equations.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: 25 January 1854 in Groß-Umstadt, Hesse (now Germany)
• Died: 12 October 1924 in Ammerland, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

• Föppl-Klammer theory
• Föppl-von Kármán Equations (with Theodore von Kármán)

Results named for August Otto Föppl can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for August Otto Föppl can be found here.

Publications

• 1894: Einführung in die Maxwellsche Theorie der Elektrizität
• 1904: Theorie der Elektrizität: Einführung in die Maxwellsche Theorie der Elektrizität (with Max Abraham)

Sources

• 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians