Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner | |
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| Born | 27 September 1719 |
| Died | 20 June 1800 (aged 80) |
| Education | University of Leipzig (Dr. phil. hab., 1739) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Leipzig University of Göttingen |
| Thesis | Theoria radicum in aequationibus (1739) |
| Doctoral advisor | Christian August Hausen |
| Doctoral students | Johann Friedrich Pfaff Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Johann Tobias Mayer Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben |
| Other notable students | Farkas Bolyai Johann Christian Martin Bartels |
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner (27 September 1719 – 20 June 1800) was a German mathematician and epigrammatist.
He was known in his professional life for writing textbooks and compiling encyclopedias rather than for original research. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was one of his doctoral students, and admired the man greatly. He became most well-known for his epigrammatic poems. The crater Kästner on the Moon is named after him.