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German mathematician (1842–1935)
Alexander von Brill
Born(1842-09-20)20 September 1842
Darmstadt
Died18 June 1935(1935-06-18) (aged 92)
Tübingen
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Giessen
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Tübingen
Doctoral advisorAlfred Clebsch
Doctoral studentsSebastian Finsterwalder
Max Planck

Alexander Wilhelm von Brill (20 September 1842 – 18 June 1935) was a German mathematician.

Biography

Born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Brill was educated at the University of Giessen, where he earned his doctorate under supervision of Alfred Clebsch. He held a chair at the University of Tübingen, where Max Planck was among his students.

In 1874, Max Noether and von Brill introduced the study of special divisors known as Brill–Noether theory.

In 1933, he joined the National Socialist Teachers League as one of the first members from Tübingen.

Legacy

The London Science Museum contains sliceform objects prepared by Brill and Felix Klein.

Selected publications

See also

References

  1. ^ E. Schönhardt (Jan 1936). "Alexander v. Brill". Deutsche Mathematik. 1 (1): 17–22.
  2. Eduardo Casas-Alvero (2019). Algebraic Curves, the Brill and Noether way. Universitext. Springer. ISBN 9783030290153.
  3. "Abril 2012: Superficies seccionadas I". DivulgaMAT (in Spanish). 3 April 2012. Archived from the original on 3 Feb 2015.
  4. Emch, Arnold (1926). "Review: Vorlesungen über ebene algebraische Kurven und Funktionen by Alexander Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 32 (3): 292–294. doi:10.1090/s0002-9904-1926-04217-8.
  5. Robertson, H. P. (1932). "Review: Vorlesungen über allgemeine Mechanik by A. Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 38, Part 1 (1): 17–18. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1932-05303-4.
  6. Wilson, E. B. (1913). "Review: Das Relativitätsprinzip von A. Brill" (PDF). Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 19 (6): 321–322. doi:10.1090/S0002-9904-1913-02346-2.

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