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Science & Medicine
Eduard Heine
Who
Eduard Heine · Science & Medicine
What
Analysis; the Heine-Borel theorem
When
1821, Berlin, Prussia (now Germany) — 1881, Halle, Germany
Where
Germany
Biography
Eduard Heine is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Analysis; the Heine-Borel theorem
How & why
Eduard Heine was a mathematician remembered for the Heine–Borel theorem and for the concept of uniform continuity, central results of real analysis. A professor at Halle, he did influential work on special functions and spherical harmonics. Born into a Jewish banking family in Berlin, he was of Jewish origin.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
Contributions & Sources
Analysis; the Heine-Borel theorem
1821
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Mathematics
