Carl Johan Malmsten

Carl Johan Malmsten (April 9, 1814 in Uddetorp, Skara County, Sweden – February 11, 1886 in Uppsala, Sweden) was a Swedish mathematician. He is notable for early research^[1] into the theory of functions of a complex variable, and for helping Mittag-Leffler start the journal Acta Mathematica.^[2]

In 1844, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Notes

^ “Om definita integraler mellan imaginära gränsor” (1865).
^ Mittag-Leffler and Acta.

References

Malmsten's Proof of the Integral Theorem by Kajsa Bråting. Uppsala University (2002). This paper about Malmsten's critique of Cauchy's proof of the Integral Theorem contains some biographical details.

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Name	Malmsten, Carl Johan
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Date of birth	April 9, 1814
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Date of death	February 11, 1886
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