Franz Breisig (1868–1934) was a German
mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.
Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change.
History
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, chiefly known for his work on quadripoles (1921), later to be known as
two-port network
A two-port network (a kind of four-terminal network or quadripole) is an electrical network ( circuit) or device with two ''pairs'' of terminals to connect to external circuits. Two terminals constitute a port if the currents applied to them sati ...
s.
Publications
*Breisig, Dr F, ''Theoretische Telegraphie'', Braunschweig, F. Vieweg und Sohn, 1910.
Patents
*Breisig, F, ''Method and Arrangement for Determining Crosstalk in Multicircuit Systems'', US patent 492 034, filed 13 Aug 1921, issued 30 Jun 1925
See also
*
Black box
References
*
Belevitch, V, "Summary of the history of circuit theory", ''Proceedings of the IRE'', vol 50, Iss 5, pp. 848–855, May 1962.
Engineers from North Rhine-Westphalia
1868 births
1934 deaths
Scientists from Wuppertal
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