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Ferdinand Georg Frobenius

Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician and academic (died 1917)

Born
October 26, 1849
Died
August 3, 1917
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1849

About Ferdinand Georg Frobenius

Ferdinand Georg Frobenius was a German mathematician, best known for his contributions to the theory of elliptic functions, differential equations, number theory, and to group theory. He is known for the famous determinantal identities, known as Frobenius–Stickelberger formulae, governing elliptic functions, and for developing the theory of biquadratic forms. He was also the first to introduce the notion of rational approximations of functions, and gave the first full proof for the Cayley–Hamilton theorem. He also lent his name to certain differential-geometric objects in modern mathematical physics, known as Frobenius manifolds. Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (26 October 1849 – 3 August 1917) was a German mathematician, best known for his contributions to the theory of elliptic functions, differential equations, number theory, and to group theory. He received his doctorate (awarded with distinction) in 1870 supervised by Weierstrass.

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  1. Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (26 October 1849 – 3 August 1917) was a German mathematician, best known for his contributions to the theory of elliptic functions, differential equations, number theory, and to group theory.
  2. He received his doctorate (awarded with distinction) in 1870 supervised by Weierstrass.

The world when Ferdinand Georg Frobenius was born

Ferdinand Georg Frobenius was born in 1849. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

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  • World population~1.29B

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  • U.S. leaderZachary Taylor
  • U.S. population22.0M

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