Otto Wilhelm Fiedler | |
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| Born | 3 April 1832 |
| Died | 19 November 1912 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | German-Swiss |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Awards | Steiner price |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Die Zentralprojektion als geometrische Wissenschaft[1] |
| Doctoral advisor | August Ferdinand Möbius[1] Wilhelm Gottlieb Hankel |
| Notable students | Marcel Grossmann Emil Weyr |
Otto Wilhelm Fiedler (3 April 1832 in Chemnitz – 19 November 1912 in Zurich) was a German-Swiss mathematician, known for his textbooks of geometry and his contributions to descriptive geometry.[2][3][4][5]
- ^ a b Wilhelm Fiedler at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ Marcel Grossmann: Verhandlungen der Schweizerischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. Bd. 96 (1913), Anhang, S. 20–27 (Scan; with bibliography).
- ^ Aurel Voss: Wilhelm Fiedler. In: Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. Bd. 22 (1913), S. 97–113 (Scan; with bibliography).
- ^ Gottlob Kirschmer (1961), "Fiedler, Otto Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 5, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 141–142; (full text online)
- ^ Thomas Fuchs: Fiedler, Wilhelm in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.