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Gotthold Eisenstein

1823 - 1852

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Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein (16 April 1823 – 11 October 1852) was a German mathematician. He specialized in number theory and analysis, and proved several results that eluded even Gauss. Like Galois and Abel before him, Eisenstein died before the age of 30. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gotthold Eisenstein has received more than 166,645 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Gotthold Eisenstein is the 263rd most popular mathematician (down from 257th in 2019), the 1,760th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,655th in 2019) and the 30th most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Gotthold Eisenstein ranks 263 out of 823Before him are Antoine Gombaud, Abraham Zacuto, Abraham bar Hiyya, Jean-Robert Argand, Eugène Charles Catalan, and Sam Loyd. After him are Helge von Koch, Karen Uhlenbeck, Pavel Alexandrov, René-Louis Baire, Igor Ansoff, and Joseph Bertrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Gotthold Eisenstein ranks 22Before him are Mihailo Obrenović, Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, Charles I of Württemberg, Alexander Ostrovsky, Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, and John Russell Hind. After him are Konstantin Ushinsky, Joseph Monier, Théodore de Banville, Jean Chacornac, Pyotr Lavrov, and Ante Starčević. Among people deceased in 1852, Gotthold Eisenstein ranks 23Before him are Thomas Moore, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Hadji Murad, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg, Táhirih, and Gideon Mantell. After him are Prince Paul of Württemberg, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Salvadore Cammarano, Amir Kabir, and Augustus Pugin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gotthold Eisenstein ranks 1,760 out of 6,142Before him are Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888), Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984), Wolfgang Borchert (1921), and Frederick IV, Elector Palatine (1574). After him are Erich Rudorffer (1917), Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach (1715), Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony (1796), Joachim von Sandrart (1606), Adolf Bastian (1826), and Katarina Witt (1965).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Gotthold Eisenstein ranks 30Before him are Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (1849), Thomas Abbt (1738), Eduard Heine (1821), Michael Stifel (1487), and Andreas Osiander (1498). After him are Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Julius Plücker (1801), Nicholas Mercator (1620), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Wilhelm Ackermann (1896), and Edmund Landau (1877).