Karl Mikhailovich Peterson

Karl Mikhailovich Peterson
Born(1828-05-25)May 25, 1828
Riga, Russian Empire; now Latvia
DiedApril 19, 1881(1881-04-19) (aged 52)
Moscow, Russian Empire
Alma materUniversity of Dorpat
Known forPeterson–Codazzi equations
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Thesis Über die Biegung der Flächen (On the bending of surfaces)  (1853)
Doctoral advisorFerdinand Minding

Karl Mikhailovich Peterson (25 May 1828 – 1 May 1881) was a Russian mathematician, known by an earlier formulation of the Gauss–Codazzi equations.

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