Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen

Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen

Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen
Born (1839-02-15)15 February 1839
Grimstrup, Denmark
Died 6 January 1920(1920-01-06) (aged 80)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Fields Mathematician
Known for Enumerative geometry, History of mathematics

Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen (15 February 1839 – 6 January 1920) was a Danish mathematician.

He is known for work on the enumerative geometry of conic sections, algebraic surfaces, and history of mathematics.

Biography

Zeuthen was born in Grimstrup near Varde where his father was a minister. In 1849, his father moved to a church in Sorø where Zeuthen began his secondary schooling. In 1857 he entered the University of Copenhagen to study mathematics and graduated with a Master's degree in 1862. Following this he earned a scholarship to study abroad, and decided to visit Paris where he studied geometry with Michel Chasles.

After returning to Copenhagen, Zeuthen submitted his doctoral dissertation on a new method to determine the characteristics of conic systems in 1865. Enumerative geometry remained his focus up until 1875.

In 1871 he was appointed as an extraordinary professor at the University of Copenhagen, as well as becoming an editor of Matematisk Tidsskrift, a position he held for 18 years. For 39 years he served as secretary of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, during which he also lectured at the Polytechnic Institute. In 1886 he was promoted to ordinary professor at the University of Copenhagen, where he twice served as Rector.

After 1875 Zeuthen began to make contributions in other areas such as mechanics and algebraic geometry, as well as being recognised as an expert on the history of medieval and Greek mathematics. He wrote 40 papers and books on the history of mathematics, which covered many topics and several periods. He was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1897 at Zurich, in 1904 at Heidelberg, and in 1908 at Rome.

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References

  1. ↑ Smith, D. E. (1902). "Review: Histoire des Mathématiques dans l'Antiquité et le Moyen Age, by H. G. Zeuthen, trans. Jean Mascart". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 8 (8): 353–355. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1902-00913-0.
  2. ↑ Smith, D. E. (1905). "Review: Geschichte der Mathematik im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert, by H. G. Zeuthen". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 11 (10): 554–557. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1905-01260-x.
  3. ↑ Cajori, F. (1913). "Review: Die Mathematik im Altertum und im Mittelalter, by H. G. Zeuthen". Astrophysical Journal 38: 207. Bibcode:1913ApJ....38..207C. doi:10.1086/142030.
  4. ↑ Smith, D. E. (1914). "Review: Die Mathematik im Altertum und im Mittelalter, by H. G. Zeuthen". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 21 (3): 130–131. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1914-02596-0.
  5. ↑ Allen, Edward Switzer (1915). "Review: Lehrbuch der abzählenden Methoden der Geometrie, by H. G. Zeuthen". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (2): 85–93. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1915-02726-6.
  6. ↑ Smith, D. E. (1918). "Review: Hvorledes Mathematiken i tiden fra Platon til Euklid blev rational Videnskab, by H. G. Zeuthen". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 24 (8): 407–410. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1918-03094-2.

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