Gotthold Eisenstein
Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein (April 16, 1823 - October 11, 1852) was a German mathematician.
Like Galois and Abel, Eisenstein died before the age of 30, and like Abel, his death was due to tuberculosis. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. He studied at the Berlin University, where Peter Gustav Dirichlet was his teacher.
Gauss is said to have claimed, "There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians: Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein". Gauss's choice of Eisenstein, who specialized in number theory and analysis, may seem puzzling to many, but it is justified by the fact that Eisenstein easily proved several results that were unattainable even for Gauss, like the theorem on biquadratic reciprocity.
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External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Gotthold Eisenstein", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- The life of Gotthold Ferdinand Eisenstein by M.Schmitz (PDF format)
- Ferdinand Eisenstein by Larry Freeman (2005), Fermat's Last Theorem Blog.
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