Oskar Bolza | |
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 Oskar Bolza (1857-1942) | |
| Born | 12 May 1857 |
| Died | 5 July 1942 (aged 85) Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Gottingen University of Berlin |
| Known for | The Bolza problem[1] Bolza surface |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Clark University |
| Thesis | Über die Reduction hyperelliptischer Integrale erster Ordnung und erster Gattung auf elliptische, insbesondere über die Reduction durch eine Transformation vierten Grades (1886) |
| Doctoral advisor | Felix Klein |
| Doctoral students | |
| Other notable students | Anne Bosworth |
Oskar Bolza (12 May 1857 – 5 July 1942) was a German mathematician, and student of Felix Klein. He was born in Bad Bergzabern, Palatinate, then a district of Bavaria, known for his research in the calculus of variations, particularly influenced by Karl Weierstrass' 1879 lectures on the subject.[2]
- ^ See the related entry (Weisstein) at Mathworld and Giaquinta & Hildebrandt (1996, pp. 136–137).
- ^ Simmons, George F. (2007). Calculus Gems: Brief Lives and Memorable Mathematics. MAA. pp. 209–10. ISBN 978-0-88385-561-4.