Mathematician:Johannes Robert Rydberg

Mathematician

Swedish physicist mainly known for devising the Rydberg Formula.

Nationality

Swedish

History

• Born: 8 November 1854 in Halmstad, Sweden
• Died: 28 December 1919 in Lund, Sweden

Theorems and Definitions

• Rydberg Formula

• Rydberg Constant
• Rydberg Energy (also known as the Rydberg Unit)

Results named for Johannes Robert Rydberg can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Johannes Robert Rydberg can be found here.

Publications

• 1889: Recherches sur la constitution des spectres d'émission des éléments chimiques
• 1890: On the structure of the line-spectra of the chemical elements

Also known as

• Known informally as Janne Rydberg.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Johannes Robert Rydberg": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive