Aurel Voss (7 December 1845 – 19 April 1931) was a German mathematician, best known today for his contributions to geometry and mechanics.[1][2] He served as president of the German Mathematical Society for the 1898 term. He was a professor at the University of Munich during 1902–1923. He became Emeritus in 1923.
Aurel Voss | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 December 1845 |
| Died | 19 April 1931 (aged 85) |
| Education | University of Hannover University of Göttingen University of Heidelberg (Deegre) University of Göttingen (PhD) |
| Known for | Contracted Bianchi identities |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Clebsch |
| Doctoral students | Ludwig Berwald Hugo Dingler Fritz Noether |
In 1880, Voss published a version of the contracted Bianchi identities.[3][4]
Career
editEducation
editVoss studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Hannover, the University of Göttingen and the University of Heidelberg between 1864 and 1868.
He received a PhD from the University of Göttingen the following year.
Honours
editHe was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering Sciences by TH Munich in 1915.
Publications
edit- Aurel, Voss (1908), Die Prinzipien der rationellen Mechanik (in German), vol. In: Encyklopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften
- Aurel, Voss (1899), Differential- und Integralrechnung (in German), vol. In: Encyklopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften
Notes
edit- ^ A short biography of Aurel Voss in Hessische Biografie.
- ^ Vollrath, Hans-Joachim (1993), "Über die Berufung von Aurel Voss auf den Lehrstuhl für Mathematik in Würzburg" [About the appointment of Aurel Voss to the chair of mathematics in Würzburg], Würzburger medizinhistorische Mitteilungen (in German), 11: 133–151
- ^ Voss, A. (1880), "Zur Theorie der Transformation quadratischer Differentialausdrücke und der Krümmung höherer Mannigfaltigketien", Mathematische Annalen (in German), 16: 129–178, doi:10.1007/bf01446384, S2CID 122828265
- ^ Bianchi, Luigi (1902), "Sui simboli a quattro indici e sulla curvatura di Riemann", Rend. Acc. Naz. Lincei (in Italian), 11 (5): 3–7
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