| Moritz Cantor | |
 Moritz Cantor | |
| Born | August 23, 1829 Mannheim, Germany |
|---|---|
| Died | April 10, 1920 |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | historian of mathematics |
| Alma mater | University of Heidelberg |
Moritz Benedikt Cantor (August 23, 1829 – April 10, 1920) was a German historian of mathematics. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of new discoveries in Mathematics and to a lesser extent an investigation Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg ( University of Heidelberg, Ruperto Carola, Heidelberg University, or simply Heidelberg) is a Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire For the game see 1829 (board game. Year 1829 ( MDCCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The area of study known as the history of mathematics is primarily an investigation into the origin of new discoveries in Mathematics and to a lesser extent an investigation
He was born at Mannheim, Germany. Mannheim is a City in Germany. With 327318 inhabitants it is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart He came from a family that had emigrated to the Netherlands from Portugal, another branch of which had established itself in Russia, where Georg Cantor was born. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Georg Ferdinand Ludwig Philipp Cantor ( – January 6 1918) was a German Mathematician, born in Russia. In his early youth, Moritz Cantor was not strong enough to go to school, and his parents decided to educate him at home. Later, however, he was admitted to an advanced class of the gymnasium in Mannheim. From there he went to the University of Heidelberg in 1848, and soon after to the University of Göttingen, where he studied under Gauss and Weber, and where Stern awakened in him a strong interest in historical research. The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg ( University of Heidelberg, Ruperto Carola, Heidelberg University, or simply Heidelberg) is a Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The University of Göttingen ( German: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) is a University in the city of Göttingen, Germany. Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (ˈɡaʊs, Gauß Carolus Fridericus Gauss ( 30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German Heinrich Weber could be Heinrich Friedrich Weber, German physicist 1843-1912 Heinrich Martin Weber, German mathematician 1842-1913 Research is defined as Human activity based on Intellectual application in the investigation of Matter.
After taking his degree of Ph.D. at the University of Heidelberg in 1851, he went to Berlin, where he eagerly followed the lectures of Lejeune-Dirichlet; and upon his return to Heidelberg in 1853, he was appointed privat-docent at the university. "PhD" redirects here for other uses see PhD (disambiguation. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (ləʒœn diʀiçle February 13, 1805 &ndash May 5, 1859) was a German Mathematician Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common In 1863, he was promoted to the position of assistant professor, and in 1877 he became honorary professor. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Cantor was one of the founders of the "Kritische Zeitschrift für Chemie, Physik, und Mathematik. " In 1859 he became associated with Schlömilch as editor of the "Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik," taking charge of the historical and literary section of this excellent publication. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Oscar (Oskar Xavier Schlömilch (1823&ndash1901 was a German mathematician born in Weimar, working in Mathematical analysis. Since 1877, through his efforts, a supplement to the "Zeitschrift" was published under the separate title of "Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common "
Cantor's inaugural dissertation, "Über ein Weniger Gebräuchliches Coordinaten-System," (1851), gave no indication that the history of exact sciences would soon be enriched by a master work by him. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year His first important work was "Über die Einführung Unserer Gegenwärtigen Ziffern in Europa," which he wrote for the "Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik," 1856, vol. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year i.
His greatest work was "Vorlesungen über Geschichte der Mathematik". This comprehensive history of mathematics appeared as follows.
- Volume 1 (1880) - From the earliest times until 1200
- Volume 2 (1892) - From 1200 to 1668
- Volume 3 (1894-1896) - From 1668 to 1758
- Volume 4 (1908) (with nine collaborators, Cantor as editor) - From 1759 to 1799
Many historians credit him for founding a new discipline in a field that had hitherto lacked the sound, conscientious, and critical methods of other fields of history.
Sources
- Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906
External links
- O'Connor, John J. & Robertson, Edmund F. , “Moritz Cantor”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Moritz Cantor at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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