Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt
German mathematician (1854–1925)
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Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt (18 May 1854 – 27 October 1925) was a German mathematician who contributed to the solution of the prime number theorem.[1]
Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 May 1854 |
| Died | 27 October 1925 (aged 71) |
| Education | University of Berlin |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Karl Weierstrass Ernst Kummer | |
Biography
Mangoldt completed his Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D) in 1878 at the University of Berlin, where his supervisors were Ernst Kummer and Karl Weierstrass.[2] He contributed to the solution of the prime number theorem by providing rigorous proofs of two statements in Bernhard Riemann's seminal paper "On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Magnitude". Riemann himself had only given partial proofs of these statements. Mangoldt worked as professor at the RWTH Aachen and was succeeded by Otto Blumenthal.