Eduard Ritter von Weber (May 12, 1870 in

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– June 20, 1934 in

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) was a German mathematician. Von Weber attended the and afterward from 1888-1894 pursued studies in mathematics in Munich,

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, and Paris. In 1893 he was awarded the Ph.D. from the

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(his dissertation being titled ''Studien zur Theorie der infinitesimalen Transformationen'', Gustav C. Bauer, advisor). Habilitation followed at the University of Munich in 1895, becoming full professor there in 1903. He moved to the

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in 1907. Von Weber concerned himself particularly with partial differential equations, in particular the Pfaff problem, and wrote the article "Partial Differential Equations" in the '' Enzyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften'' (''Encyclopedia of the Mathematical Sciences''). Von Weber had versatile interests and spoke numerous languages, including Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Norwegian, Persian, Arabic, Hebrew, and Irish.

References

Würzburger Mathematikgeschichte: Die Periode der Analytiker
University of Würzburg

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Eduard Ritter Von 1870 births 1934 deaths Bavarian nobility 19th-century German mathematicians Mathematical analysts Scientists from Munich Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich faculty University of Würzburg faculty 20th-century German mathematicians