Mathematician:Ernst Steinitz

Mathematician

German mathematician working in field theory.

Nationality

Germany

History

• Born: 13 June 1871 in Laurahütte, Silesia, German Empire (now Poland)
• Died: 29 September 1928 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Weimar Republic (now Germany)

Theorems and Definitions

• Steinitz Class
• Steinitz Numbers (also known as Supernatural Numbers)

• Steinitz Exchange Lemma
• Steinitz's Theorem

• Lévy-Steinitz Theorem (with Paul Pierre Lévy)

Results named for Ernst Steinitz can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Ernst Steinitz can be found here.

Publications

• 1910: Algebraische Theorie der Körper (J. Reine Angew. Math. Vol. 137: pp. 167 – 309)
• 1913: Bedingt Konvergente Reihen und Konvexe Systeme
• 1934: Vorlesungen über die Theorie der Polyeder unter Einschluss der Elemente der Topologie

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Ernst Steinitz": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive