Christoph Gudermann
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| Image:ChristophGudermann.jpg Christoph Gudermann |
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| Born | October 31, 1815 Vienenburg, Germany |
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| Died | September 25, 1852 Münster, Germany |
| Residence |  Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Field | Mathematician |
| Institution | Münster Academy |
| Alma Mater | University of Göttingen |
| Academic Advisor | Carl Gauss |
| Notable Students | Karl Weierstrass |
| Known for | Gudermannian function |
Christoph Gudermann (March 25, 1798 - September 25, 1852) was born in Vienenburg, Germany. He was the son of a school teacher and became a teacher himself after studying at the University of Göttingen, where his advisor was Karl Friedrich Gauss. He began his teaching career in Kleve and then transferred to a school in Münster. While there, Karl Weierstrass took Gudermann's course in elliptic functions, the first to be taught in any institute. Weierstrass was greatly influenced by this course, which marked the direction of his own research.
His researches into spherical geometry and special functions focused on particular cases, so that he did not receive the credit given to those who published more general works.
The Gudermannian function, or hyperbolic amplitude, is named after him.
Gudermann died in Münster.
[edit] External links
- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Christoph Gudermann". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
