Carl Theodor Anger
Carl Theodor Anger (Danzig, 31 July 1803 – Danzig, 25 March 1858) was a German mathematician and astronomer.[1] He was a student of and assistant to Friedrich Bessel at the Königsberg Observatory from 1827 until 1831.[2] Thereafter, he was appointed as astronomer by the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Danzig.[3]
Besides his scientific work, especially that related to Bessel functions, he is also known for his first-hand biographical notes on the life of Bessel.
See also
Notes
- ^ Lawrynowicz (1995), p. 297.
- ^ Lawrynowicz (1995), pp. 67–68.
- ^ Brandstäter (1858).
References
- (German) Anger, C. T. (1846), Erinnerung an Bessel's Leben und Wirken, Danzig: Weber , 30 pages
- (German) Brandstäter, Franz August (1858), Johann August Grunert, ed., "Nekrolog", Archiv der Mathematik und Physik (C. A. Koch's Verlagbuchhandlung) Bd. 31 (Literarischer Bericht CXXI): 2–6 — Obituary of Carl Theodor Anger, available here
- (German) Lawrynowicz, Kasimir (1995), Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel, 1784–1846, Birkhäuser Verlag, ISBN 3764351136
- Plicht, Chris (1998), List of available biographies — List A, http://www.plicht.de/chris/a01.htm#Anger,%20Carl, retrieved 2008-11-10
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31 July 1803 |
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