Gerhard Hessenberg
Gerhard Hessenberg | |
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Hessenberg in May 1921 | |
| Born | 16 August 1874 |
| Died | 16 November 1925 (aged 51) |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
| Known for | Hessenberg sum and product |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Breslau |
| Thesis | Über die Invarianten linearer und quadratischer binärer Differentialformen und ihre Anwendung auf die Deformation der Flächen (1899) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann Schwarz Lazarus Fuchs |
Gerhard Hessenberg (German: [ˈɡɛʁhart ˈhɛsn̩ˌbɛʁk]; 16 August 1874 – 16 November 1925) was a German mathematician who worked in projective geometry, differential geometry, and set theory.