Mathematician:Martin Ohm

Mathematician

German mathematician who was the first to fully develop the theory of the exponential $a^b$ when both $a$ and $b$ are complex numbers.

Attempted to reform mathematical education by taking a rigorous approach from first principles.

Younger brother of Georg Simon Ohm.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: 6 May 1792 in Erlangen, Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Holy Roman Empire (now Germany)
• Died: 1 April 1872 in Berlin

Publications

• 1825: Die reine Elementar Mathematik ("Pure elementary mathematics")
• 1840: Kurzes Elementar-Lehrbuch der gesammten mechanischen Wissenschaften für höhere Bürger-, technische, Gewerb- und Militär-Schulen
• 1826: Die analytische und höhere Geometrie in ihren Elementen mit vorzüglicher Berücksichtigung der Theorie der Kegelschnitte

Sources

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