Madelung is a German surname. It is also the name of multiple terms in mathematics and science based on people named Madelung.

People

Erwin Madelung Erwin Madelung (18 May 1881 – 1 August 1972) was a German physicist. He was born in 1881 in Bonn. His father was the surgeon Otto Wilhelm Madelung. He earned a doctorate in 1905 from the University of Göttingen, specializing in crystal struct ...

(1881–1972), German physicist *

Georg Hans Madelung Georg Hans Madelung (31 July 1889 in Rostock – 17 August 1972 in Uffing) was a Germans, German academic and aeronautical engineer. Madelung studied at several German Technical University, Technical Universities before his service as a pilot ...

(1889–1972), German aeronautical engineer *

Otto Wilhelm Madelung Otto Wilhelm Madelung (May 15, 1846 – July 22, 1926) was a German surgeon who was a native of Gotha Gotha () is the fifth-largest city in Thuringia, Germany, west of Erfurt and east of Eisenach with a population of 44,000. The city is the c ...

(1846–1926), German surgeon *

Wilferd Madelung Wilferd Ferdinand Madelung FBA (b. December 26, 1930 in Stuttgart) is a German-British author and scholar of Islamic history. Life After World War II, the adolescent Wilferd accompanied his parents to the USA where his father Georg Hans Madel ...

(born 1930), German-American author and scholar of Islamic history

Mathematics and science

Madelung constant The Madelung constant is used in determining the electrostatic potential of a single ion in a crystal by approximating the ions by point charges. It is named after Erwin Madelung, a German physicist. Because the anions and cations in an ionic soli ...

, chemical energy of an ion in a crystal, named after Erwin Madelung *

Madelung equations The Madelung equations, or the equations of quantum hydrodynamics, are Erwin Madelung's equivalent alternative formulation of the Schrödinger equation, written in terms of hydrodynamical variables, similar to the Navier–Stokes equations of fluid ...

, Erwin Madelung's equivalent alternative formulation of the Schrödinger equation

Medicine

Madelung's deformity Madelung's deformity is usually characterized by malformed wrists and wrist bones and is often associated with Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis. It can be bilateral (in both wrists) or just in the one wrist. It has only been recognized within the pa ...

, characterized by malformed wrists and wrist bones, and short stature, named after Otto Wilhelm Madelung * Madelung's syndrome, also known as "

benign symmetric lipomatosis Benign symmetric lipomatosis is a skin condition characterized by extensive symmetric fat deposits in the head, neck, and shoulder girdle area. The German surgeon Otto Wilhelm Madelung was the first to give a detailed description of the disorder. T ...

", named after Otto Wilhelm Madelung {{surname, Madelung German-language surnames