Mathematician:Theodor Schneider

Mathematician

German mathematician best known for providing a proof of the Gelfond-Schneider Theorem.

Nationality

German

History

• Born: 7 May 1911, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• Died: 31 Oct 1988, Zähringen, Freiburg, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

• Gelfond-Schneider Theorem (independently of Alexander Osipovich Gelfond)
• Gelfond-Schneider Constant (with Alexander Osipovich Gelfond)
• Schneider-Lang Theorem (with Serge Lang)

Results named for Theodor Schneider can be found here.

Definitions of concepts named for Theodor Schneider can be found here.

Publications

• 1934: Transzendenzuntersuchungen periodischer Funktionen (in which the Gelfond-Schneider Theorem is proved)
• 1936: Arithmetische Untersuchungen elliptischer Integrale
• 1938: Zur Theorie der Abelschen Funktionen und Integrale
• 1957: Einführung in die transzendenten Zahlen

Sources

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