Hermann Schubert

Hermann Cäsar Hannibal Schubert (22 May 1848 in Potsdam, Germany – 20 July 1911 in Hamburg, Germany)^[1] was a German mathematician.

Schubert was one of the leading developers of enumerative geometry, which considers those parts of algebraic geometry that involve a finite number of solutions. In 1874, Schubert won a prize for solving a question posed by Zeuthen. Schubert calculus was named after him.

Schubert tutored Adolf Hurwitz at the Realgymnasium Andreanum in Hildesheim, Hanover, and arranged for Hurwitz to study under Felix Klein at University.

See also

• Schubert cycle or Schubert variety

Notes

1. ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Hermann Schubert", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Schubert.html .

References

• Werner Burau and Bodo Renschuch, "Ergänzungen zur Biographie von Hermann Schubert," (Complements to the biography of Hermann Schubert,) Mitt. Math. Ges. Hamb. 13, pp. 63-65 (1993), ISSN 0340-4358.

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Hermann Schubert", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Schubert.html .
• Works by Hermann Schubert at Project Gutenberg
• Hermann Schubert at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.