Mathematician:Niels Fabian Helge von Koch

Mathematician

Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch curve, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described.

Nationality

Swedish

History

• Born: 25 January 1870 in Stockholm, Sweden
• Died: 11 March 1924 in Danderyd, Stockholm, Sweden

Theorems and Definitions

• Koch Curve
• Koch Snowflake, also known as the Snowflake Curve

Definitions of concepts named for Niels Fabian Helge von Koch can be found here.

Publications

• 1901: Sur la distribution des nombres premiers
• 1904: Sur une courbe continue sans tangente, obtenue par une construction géométrique élémentaire
• 1910: Contribution à la théorie des nombres premiers

Also known as

Usually known as Helge von Koch.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Niels Fabian Helge von Koch": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1991: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Geometry ... (previous) ... (next): A Chronological List Of Mathematicians
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Koch curve
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Koch curve