Eduard Heine
German mathematician (1821–1881) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Heinrich Eduard Heine (16 March 1821 – 21 October 1881) was a German mathematician.
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Eduard Heine | |
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Born | (1821-03-16)16 March 1821 |
Died | 21 October 1881(1881-10-21) (aged 60) |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Berlin |
Known for | Uniform continuity Heine–Borel theorem |
Awards | Gauss Medal |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | University of Bonn University of Halle |
Doctoral advisor | Enno Dirksen Martin Ohm |
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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.