Otto Hesse

Otto Hesse
Born(1811-04-22)22 April 1811
Died4 August 1874(1874-08-04) (aged 63)
NationalityGerman
Alma materKönigsberg University
Known forHessian curve
Hessian matrix
Hesse normal form
Hesse configuration
Hessian group
Hessian pairs
Hesse's theorem
Hesse pencil
Hesse's principle of transfer
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsPolytechnic School
Thesis De octo punctis intersectionis trium superficium secundi ordinis[1]  (1840)
Doctoral advisorCarl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Doctoral studentsCarl Neumann, Olaus Henrici, Gustav Kirchhoff, Jacob Lüroth, Adolph Mayer, Max Noether, and Ernst Schröder

Ludwig Otto Hesse (22 April 1811 – 4 August 1874) was a German mathematician. Hesse was born in Königsberg, Prussia, and died in Munich, Bavaria. He worked mainly on algebraic invariants, and geometry. The Hessian matrix, the Hesse normal form, the Hesse configuration, the Hessian group, Hessian pairs, Hesse's theorem, Hesse pencil, and the Hesse transfer principle[2] are named after him. Many of Hesse's research findings were presented for the first time in Crelle's Journal or Hesse's textbooks.[3]

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  2. ^ Kolmogorov, Andrei N.; Yushkevich, Adolf-Andrei P., eds. (2012). Mathematics of the 19th Century: Geometry, Analytic Function Theory. Birkhäuser. p. 111. ISBN 9783034891738.
  3. ^ MacTutor History of Mathematics archive and Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography