Alexander von Brill explained

Alexander von Brill
Birth Date:20 September 1842
Birth Place:Darmstadt
Death Place:Tübingen
Nationality:German
Fields:Mathematics
Workplaces:University of Tübingen
Alma Mater:University of Giessen
Doctoral Advisor:Alfred Clebsch
Doctoral Students:Sebastian Finsterwalder
Max Planck

Alexander Wilhelm von Brill (20 September 1842 – 18 June 1935)[1] was a German mathematician.

Biography

Born in Darmstadt, Hesse, Brill was educated at the University of Giessen, where he earned his doctorate under supervision of Alfred Clebsch. He held a chair at the University of Tübingen, where Max Planck was among his students.

In 1874, Max Noether and von Brill introduced the study of special divisors known as Brill–Noether theory.[2]

In 1933, he joined the National Socialist Teachers League as one of the first members from Tübingen.[1]

Legacy

The London Science Museum contains sliceform objects prepared by Brill and Felix Klein.[3]

Selected publications

See also

Notes and References

  1. E. Schönhardt . Alexander v. Brill . Deutsche Mathematik . 1 . 1 . 17–22 . Jan 1936 .
  2. Book: Eduardo Casas-Alvero. Eduardo Casas-Alvero . Algebraic Curves, the Brill and Noether way . Universitext . Springer . 2019 . 9783030290153.
  3. Web site: Abril 2012: Superficies seccionadas I . es . DivulgaMAT . 3 April 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150203094658/http://divulgamat2.ehu.es/divulgamat15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13904&directory=67&showall=1 . 3 Feb 2015.
  4. Emch, Arnold. Arnold Emch. Review: Vorlesungen über ebene algebraische Kurven und Funktionen by Alexander Brill. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.. 1926. 32. 3. 292–294. 10.1090/s0002-9904-1926-04217-8. free.
  5. Robertson, H. P.. Howard P. Robertson. Review: Vorlesungen über allgemeine Mechanik by A. Brill. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.. 1932. 38, Part 1. 1. 17–18. 10.1090/S0002-9904-1932-05303-4. free.
  6. Wilson, E. B.. Edwin Bidwell Wilson. Review: Das Relativitätsprinzip von A. Brill. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc.. 1913. 19. 6. 321–322. 10.1090/S0002-9904-1913-02346-2. free.