Mathematician:Paul Albert Gordan
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Mathematician
German mathematician who worked in invariant theory and algebraic geometry.
Best known for his proof of his finite base theorem.
Nationality
German
History
- Born: 27 April 1837 in Breslau, Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland)
- Died: 21 December 1912 in Erlangen, Germany
Theorems and Definitions
Results named for Paul Albert Gordan can be found here.
Definitions of concepts named for Paul Albert Gordan can be found here.
Publications
- 1866: Theorie der Abelschen Funktionen (with Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch)
Sources
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Paul Albert Gordan": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Gordan, Paul Albert (1837-1912)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Gordan, Paul Albert (1837-1912)