Gegenbauer is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Josef Anton Gegenbauer
Josef Anton von Gegenbaur (6 March 1800, in Wangen, Württemberg – 31 January 1876, in Rome) was an accomplished German historical and portrait painter.
Biography
He studied first at the Royal Academy in Munich under Robert von Langer, rema ...
(1800–1876), German historical and portrait painter
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Leopold Gegenbauer
Leopold Bernhard Gegenbauer (2 February 1849, Asperhofen – 3 June 1903, Gießhübl) was an Austrian mathematician remembered best as an algebraist. Gegenbauer polynomials are named after him.
Leopold Gegenbauer was the son of a doctor. He ...
(1849–1903), Austrian mathematician
See also
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Karl Gegenbaur
Karl Gegenbaur (21 August 1826 – 14 June 1903)"Karl Gegenbaur – Encyclopædia Britannica" (biography), ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 2006, Britannica.coBritannica-KarlG was a German anatomist and professor who demonstrated that the field of c ...
(1826–1903), German anatomist and professor
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Gegenbauer polynomials
In mathematics, Gegenbauer polynomials or ultraspherical polynomials ''C''(''x'') are orthogonal polynomials on the interval minus;1,1with respect to the weight function (1 − ''x''2)''α''–1/2. They generalize Legendre polynomi ...
, in mathematics
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German-language surnames