Talk:Ferdinand Eisenstein

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[edit] Promotional reseach paper

I removed the Four functions and sixteen Eisenstein series (by Heung Yeung Lam) link to a paper for the following reasons: there are hundreds of papers dealing with Eisenstein series; this particular one is published by a little known author at a little known journal, and finally since it has no relevance to the biography of Eisenstein. At best this link belongs to a math subject, not the biographical entry. Unless the contributor wants to explain on this page why this particular paper is relevant I believe this link should be kept out. Mhym 04:20, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Common name

His common name is and was Gotthold. You should not list him under Ferdinand E., even though his first name was Ferdinand, but he was called Gotthold by people. Also see German article, de:Gotthold Eisenstein -andy 80.129.82.33 04:08, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

"Gauss's choice of Eisenstein, who specialized in number theory and analysis, may seem puzzling to many, but Eisenstein proved several results that even eluded Gauss, such as the theorem on biquadratic reciprocity."

If we are meant to make the inference that Gauss was being partially self-serving in his statement, it might be okay to spell it out in the article more clearly. I think we did that with respect to the Isaac Newton "standing on the shoulders of giants" supposedly noble statement - but infact a gibe at Hooke, who was low of stature. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 04:09, 29 January 2008 (UTC)