Paul Gordan

Paul Gordan
Paul Gordan
Born
Paul Albert Gordan

(1837-04-27)27 April 1837
Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia
Died21 December 1912(1912-12-21) (aged 75)
Erlangen, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Breslau
Known forInvariant theory
Clebsch–Gordan coefficients
Gordan's lemma
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Academic advisorsCarl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Doctoral studentsEmmy Noether

Paul Albert Gordan (27 April 1837 – 21 December 1912) was a German mathematician known for work in Invariant theory and for the Clebsch–Gordan coefficients and Gordan's lemma.[1] He was called "the king of invariant theory".[2][3] His most famous result is that the ring of invariants of binary forms of fixed degree is finitely generated.[3] Clebsch–Gordan coefficients are named after him and Alfred Clebsch. Gordan also served as the thesis advisor for Emmy Noether.[4][5]

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