Mathematician:Heinrich Rudolf Hertz

Mathematician

German physicist who first conclusively proved the existence of the electromagnetic waves predicted by James Clerk Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: 22 February 1857 in Hamburg, German Confederation
• Died: 1 January 1894 in Bonn, German Empire

Theorems and Definitions

• Hertz

• Hertzian Cone
• Hertzian Dipole Antenna
• Hertz Vector

• Hertz-Knudsen Equation (with Martin Hans Christian Knudsen)
• Hertz's Principle of Least Curvature

• Results named for Heinrich Rudolf Hertz can be found here.

• Definitions of concepts named for Heinrich Rudolf Hertz can be found here.

Publications

• 1880: Ueber die Induction in rotirenden Kugeln
• 1894: Die Prinzipien der Mechanik in neuem Zusammenhange dargestellt
• 1895: Schriften vermischten Inhalts

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Heinrich Rudolf Hertz": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): hertz
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): hertz