Heinrich Emil Timerding
Heinrich Carl Franz Emil Timerding (23 January 1873 in Strasbourg[1] – 30 April 1945 in Braunschweig) was a German mathematician, professor at the Braunschweig University of Technology, mainly known for his contributions to probability theory. He was awarded the Brunswick and the Prussian War Merit Cross, the Ritterkreuz (Knight's Cross) of the Order of Henry the Lion, and in 1938 the Nazi Civil Service Faithful Service Medal.[1]
In 1900 he attended Columbia University in New York City the American Mathematical Society's summer meeting, where he read a paper.[2]
Main publications
[edit | edit source]- Über die Kugeln, welche eine cubische Raumcurve mehrfach oder mehrpunktig berühren. R. Schultz & co, Strassburg 1894
- Geometrie der Kräfte, Teubner, Leipzig 1908
- Die Erziehung der Anschauung, Teubner, Leipzig, 1912
- Handbuch der angewandten Mathematik Vol. 1. Praktische Analysis. Vol. 2. Darstellende Geometrie., Teubner 1914
- Analyse des Zufalls, 1915
- Der goldene Schnitt, 1919
- Robert Mayer und die Entdeckung des Energiegesetzes, 1925.
References
[edit | edit source]- One Hundred Years of l’Enseignement Mathematique, Moments of Mathematics Education in the Twentieth Century, Geneva 2003 [1] Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Walter Kertz, Technische Universität Braunschweig vom Collegium Carolinum zur Technischen Universität 1745 – 1995, Hildesheim 1995
- Wolfgang Schneider, Die Technische Hochschule Braunschweig; Länderdienst, Verlag Berlin-West, Basel 1963
- Anders Hald, A history of mathematical statistics from 1750 to 1930, 1998 (Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).)
External links
[edit | edit source]- Works by Heinrich Emil Timerding at Project Gutenberg
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