Karl Hessenberg

Karl Adolf Hessenberg (September 8, 1904 – February 22, 1959) was a German mathematician and engineer. The Hessenberg matrix form is named after him.

Hessenberg was also the brother of composer Kurt Hessenberg, and the great-grandson of doctor and author Heinrich Hoffmann.

Gerhard Hessenberg, who is a near relative and another mathematician, has the Hessenberg sum and product of ordinals are named after him.

External links

Biography of Hessenberg by his daughter, Brigitte Bossert
Karl Hessenberg at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 45254652 GND: 125141416 MGP: 65423

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