Martin Wilhelm Kutta

Martin Wilhelm Kutta

Martin Wilhelm Kutta (1867-1944)
Born November 3, 1867(1867-11-03)
Pitschen, Upper Silesia
Died December 25, 1944(1944-12-25) (aged 77)
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
Residence Germany
Nationality German
Fields Mathematician
Institutions University of Stuttgart
RWTH Aachen
Alma mater University of Breslau
University of Munich
Doctoral advisor C. L. Ferdinand Lindemann
Gustav A. Bauer
Other academic advisors Walther Franz Anton von Dyck
Known for Runge-Kutta method
Zhukovsky-Kutta aerofoil
Kutta–Joukowski theorem
Kutta condition

Martin Wilhelm Kutta (November 3, 1867 – December 25, 1944) was a German mathematician.

Kutta was born in Pitschen, Upper Silesia (today Byczyna, Poland). He attended the University of Breslau from 1885 to 1890, and continued his studies in Munich until 1894, where he became the assistant of Walther Franz Anton von Dyck. From 1898, he spent a year at the University of Cambridge.[1] He was professor at the RWTH Aachen from 1900 to 1912. Kutta became professor at the University of Stuttgart in 1912, where he stayed until his retirement in 1935.

In 1901, he co-developed the Runge-Kutta method, used to solve ordinary differential equations numerically. He is also remembered for the Zhukovsky-Kutta aerofoil, the Kutta-Zhukovsky theorem and the Kutta condition in aerodynamics. Kutta died in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany in 1944.

References

  1. ^ Kutta, Wilhelm Martin in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

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