Carl Wilhelm Borchardt
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 Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (1817-1880) |
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| Born | 22 February 1817 Berlin, Germany |
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| Died | 27 June 1880) Rüdersdorf, Germany |
| Residence |  Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | Mathematician |
| Institution | University of Königsberg |
| Alma mater | University of Bonn |
| Academic advisor | Peter Dirichlet |
| Known for | Diagonalising symmetric matrices |
| Religion | Judaism |
Carl Wilhelm Borchardt (22 February 1817 – 27 June 1880) was a German mathematician.
Borchardt was born to a Jewish family in Berlin.[1] His father, Moritz, was a respected merchant, and his mother was Emma Heilborn.[1] Borchardt under a number of tutors, including Dirichlet, until 1839, when he left for Königsberg.[1]
He did research in the area of arithmetic-geometric mean, continuing work by Gauss and Lagrange. He generalised the results of Kummer diagonalising symmetric matrices, using determinants and Sturm functions.
He died in Rüdersdorf, Germany.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c O’Connor, J.J.; E.F. Robertson (August 2006). Carl Wilhelm Borchardt. The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. University of St Andrews. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
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