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Otto Hesse

1811 - 1874

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Ludwig Otto Hesse (22 April 1811 – 4 August 1874) was a German mathematician. Hesse was born in Königsberg, Prussia, and died in Munich, Bavaria. He worked mainly on algebraic invariants, and geometry. The Hessian matrix, the Hesse normal form, the Hesse configuration, the Hessian group, Hessian pairs, Hesse's theorem, Hesse pencil, and the Hesse transfer principle are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Hesse is the 364th most popular mathematician (up from 367th in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from Russia (up from 842nd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Russian Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Otto Hesse ranks 364 out of 1,004. Before him are Nicholas Mercator, Francesco Maurolico, John Edensor Littlewood, George Peacock, John Graunt, and Paul Émile Appell. After him are Alfred J. Lotka, Shiing-Shen Chern, Martin Davis, Lars Hörmander, Zhu Shijie, and Daina Taimiņa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Otto Hesse ranks 29. Before him are Jules Dupré, Ferdinand Hiller, Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Zeng Guofan, and Kurmanjan Datka. After him are Édouard René de Laboulaye, Sengge Rinchen, Karl Gutzkow, Joseph Cafasso, Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, and Edward Dickinson Baker. Among people deceased in 1874, Otto Hesse ranks 23. Before him are Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Constantin von Tischendorf, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Ilija Garašanin, Moritz von Jacobi, and Cochise. After him are Peter Andreas Hansen, Hans Christian Lumbye, Louise Rasmussen, Ang Mey, Carl Meissner, and Countess of Ségur.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Otto Hesse ranks 704 out of 3,761. Before him are Mintimer Shaimiev (1937), Konstantin Ushinsky (1823), Dokka Umarov (1964), Anatoly Lukyanov (1930), Alexander Tamanian (1878), and Marko Vovchok (1833). After him are Kirill Kondrashin (1914), Irina Godunova (1557), Mordechai Spiegler (1944), Lev Ivanov (1834), Alexey Kaledin (1861), and Alexander Andreyevich Baranov (1746).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Russia

Among mathematicians born in Russia, Otto Hesse ranks 20. Before him are Nikolay Bogolyubov (1909), Yakov Sinai (1935), Sergei Novikov (1938), Grigory Margulis (1946), Pavel Alexandrov (1896), and Lev Pontryagin (1908). After him are Sergei Sobolev (1908), Ivan Vinogradov (1891), Rudolf Lipschitz (1832), Nina Bari (1901), Alfred Clebsch (1833), and Igor Ansoff (1918).

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