Eduard Heine

Eduard Heine
Heinrich Eduard Heine
Born(1821-03-16)16 March 1821
Died21 October 1881(1881-10-21) (aged 60)
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Berlin
Known forUniform continuity
Heine–Borel theorem
AwardsGauss Medal
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsUniversity of Bonn
University of Halle
Doctoral advisorEnno Dirksen
Martin Ohm

Heinrich Eduard Heine (16 March 1821 – 21 October 1881) was a German mathematician.

Heine became known for results on special functions and in real analysis. In particular, he authored an important treatise on spherical harmonics and Legendre functions (Handbuch der Kugelfunctionen). He also investigated basic hypergeometric series. He introduced the Mehler–Heine formula.