Karl Zsigmondy
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| Karl Zsigmondy | |
| Born | March 27, 1867 Vienna, Austria |
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| Died | October 14, 1925 (aged 58) Vienna, Austria |
| Residence |  Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Vienna |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
| Known for | Zsigmondy's theorem |
Karl Zsigmondy was an Austrian mathematician. He studied (1886-1890) and worked (1894-1925) at the University of Vienna. After his phd, in 1890, he studied at the University of Berlin, University of Göttingen and at the Sorbonne in Paris, but came back to Vienna in 1894. He discovered Zsigmondy's theorem in 1882.
He was the brother of the Nobel Prize in Chemist Richard Adolf Zsigmondy.
[edit] References
- K. Zsigmondy (1892). "Zur Theorie der Potenzreste". Journal Monatshefte für Mathematik 3 (1): 265–284. doi:.
- Th. Schmid (1927). "Karl Zsigmondy". Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung 36: 167–168.
