Carl Theodor Anger

Carl Theodor Anger (Danzig, 31 July 1803 – Danzig, 25 March 1858) was a German mathematician and astronomer.^[1] He was a student of and assistant to Friedrich Bessel at the Königsberg Observatory from 1827 until 1831.^[2] Thereafter, he was appointed as astronomer by the Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Danzig.^[3]

Besides his scientific work, especially that related to Bessel functions, he is also known for his first-hand biographical notes on the life of Bessel.

Publications

• Anger, C. T. (1839–1841), Betrachtungen über verschiedene Gegenstände der neueren Geometrie (in German), vol. 1 & 2, Danzig: Homann
• Anger, C. T. (1846), Erinnerung an Bessel's Leben und Wirken (in German), Danzig: Weber, 30 pages
• Anger, C. T. (1847), Grundzüge der neueren astronomische Beobachtungskunst (in German), Berlin: Gernhard
• Anger, C. T. (1862), Zaddach, G. (ed.), Populäre Vorträge über Astronomie (in German), Danzig: Kafemann

See also

• Anger function
• Jacobi–Anger expansion