Madelung Explained

Madelung is a German surname. It is also the name of multiple terms in mathematics and science based on people named Madelung.

People

• Erwin Madelung (1881–1972), German physicist
• Georg Hans Madelung (1889–1972), German aeronautical engineer
• Otto Wilhelm Madelung (1846–1926), German surgeon
• Wilferd Madelung (1930–2023), German-American author and scholar of Islamic history

Mathematics and science

• Madelung constant, chemical energy of an ion in a crystal, named after Erwin Madelung
• Madelung equations, Erwin Madelung's equivalent alternative formulation of the Schrödinger equation

Medicine

• Madelung's deformity, characterized by malformed wrists and wrist bones, and short stature, named after Otto Wilhelm Madelung
• Madelung's syndrome, also known as "benign symmetric lipomatosis", named after Otto Wilhelm Madelung