| Alfred Clebsch | |
|---|---|
 Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch | |
| Born | (1833-01-19)19 January 1833 Königsberg, Prussia |
| Died | 7 November 1872(1872-11-07) (aged 39) Göttingen |
| Nationality | Prussian |
| Alma mater | University of Königsberg |
| Known for | Clebsch graph Clebsch representation Clebsch surface Clebsch–Gordan coefficients Legendre–Clebsch condition |
| Awards | Prix Poncelet (1868) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | De motu ellipsoidis in fluido incompressibili viribus quibuslibet impulsi |
| Doctoral advisor | Franz Ernst Neumann |
| Doctoral students | Gottlob Frege Alexander von Brill |
Rudolf Friedrich Alfred Clebsch (19 January 1833 – 7 November 1872) was a German mathematician who made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory. He attended the University of Königsberg and was habilitated at Berlin. He subsequently taught in Berlin and Karlsruhe. His collaboration with Paul Gordan in Giessen led to the introduction of Clebsch–Gordan coefficients for spherical harmonics, which are now widely used in quantum mechanics.
Together with Carl Neumann at Göttingen, he founded the mathematical research journal Mathematische Annalen in 1868.
In 1883, Saint-Venant translated Clebsch's work on elasticity into French and published it as Théorie de l'élasticité des Corps Solides.
Books by A. Clebsch
- Vorlesungen über Geometrie (Teubner, Leipzig, 1876-1891) edited by Ferdinand Lindemann.
- Théorie der binären algebraischen Formen (Teubner, 1872)
- Theorie der Abelschen Functionen with P. Gordan (B. G. Teubner, 1866)
- Theorie der Elasticität fester Körper (B. G. Teubner, 1862)
See also
- Clebsch graph
- Clebsch representation
- Clebsch surface
- Eigenvalues and eigenvectors
- Helmholtz equation
- Hyperboloid model
- Pentagram map
- Quaternary cubic
References
- "Prix". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences. Vol. Tomes LXII à XCI, 2 Janvier 1866 à 27 Décembre 1880. Paris: Gauthier-Villars. 1888. p. 1457.
External links
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Alfred Clebsch", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
- Alfred Clebsch at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- 1833 births
- 1872 deaths
- 19th-century German mathematicians
- Algebraic geometers
- Scientists from Königsberg
- People from the Province of Prussia
- University of Königsberg alumni
- Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
- Academic staff of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Academic staff of the University of Giessen
- Academic staff of the University of Göttingen
- Mathematicians from the Kingdom of Prussia