Hölder, Otto
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| Birthname | Otto Ludwig Hölder | ||||
| born on | 22 December 1858 at 07:00 (= 07:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Stuttgart, Germany, 48n46, 9e11 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m9e11 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
German mathematician noted for many theorems including Hölder's inequality, the Jordan–Hölder theorem, Hölder's theorem, and the Hölder condition (or Hölder continuity).
Hölder first studied at the Polytechnikum (which today is the University of Stuttgart) and then in 1877 went to Berlin where he was a student of Leopold Kronecker, Karl Weierstraß, and Ernst Kummer.
In 1877, he entered the University of Berlin and took his doctorate from the University of Tübingen in 1882. He worked at the University of Leipzig from 1899 until his retirement. He died on 29 August 1937 at age 78 in Leipzig, Germany.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Jordan, Camille (born 5 January 1838). Notes: "Jordan–Hölder theorem"
- (has as) teacher relationship with Weierstrass, Karl (born 31 October 1815)
Events
- Work : Prize 1882 (PhD)
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided Lutheran Church birth and baptism entry (1859, page 239, no. 290, registered 2 Feb 1859, born 22 Dec 1858). Wikipedia has 1859 in error.
Categories
- Traits : Mind : Education extensive (PhD)
- Vocation : Science : Mathematics/ Statistics
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Hölder's inequality, Jordan–Hölder theorem, etc)
