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Carl Neumann

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Prussian mathematician (1832-1925)

GermanyAcademicsLived 1832 to 1925 · aged 92
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Carl Gottfried Neumann was a German mathematical physicist and professor at several German universities. His work focused on applications of potential theory to physics and mathematics. He contributed to the mathematical formalization of electrodynamics and analytical mechanics.

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Carl Gottfried Neumann, 1912Carl Gottfried Neumann, 1912Hydrodynamische Untersuchungen, 1883Hydrodynamische Untersuchungen, 1883

Awards 3

1903Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
1897Pour le Mérite
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order

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Carl Gottfried Neumann was a German mathematical physicist and professor at several German universities. His work focused on applications of potential theory to physics and mathematics. He contributed to the mathematical formalization of electrodynamics and analytical mechanics. Neumann boundary conditions and the Neumann series are named after him.

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Germany
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Academics
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Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1832 to 1925 · aged 92
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