Nothing of his life is known about the ten years after his graduation. In unknown date he went to Moscow where he taught in the German Gymnasium Peter and Paul of this city from 1865.[2] Peterson never had an academic position at university level, but he was one of the founders of the Moscow Mathematical Society with Nikolai Brashman and August Davidov. Peterson was a notable collaborator in the journal of the Society and he is considered the founder of the Moscow school of geometry.[3]
Peterson gave, in his graduation dissertation (1853, but not published until later), an earliest formulation of the fundamental equations of the surface theory,[4] now usually known as Gauss–Codazzi equations, sometimes Peterson–Codazzi equations.
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Phillips, Esther R. (1979). "Karl M. Peterson: The earliest derivation of the Mainardi–Codazzi equations and the fundamental theorem of surface theory". Historia Mathematica. 6 (2): 137–163. doi:10.1016/0315-0860(79)90075-2. ISSN 0315-0860.
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karl, mikhailovich, peterson, 1828, 1881, russian, mathematician, known, earlier, formulation, gauss, codazzi, equations, born, 1828, 1828riga, russian, empire, latviadiedapril, 1881, 1881, aged, moscow, russian, empirealma, materuniversity, dorpatknown, forpe. Karl Mikhailovich Peterson 25 May 1828 1 May 1881 was a Russian mathematician known by an earlier formulation of the Gauss Codazzi equations Karl Mikhailovich PetersonBorn 1828 05 25 May 25 1828Riga Russian Empire now LatviaDiedApril 19 1881 1881 04 19 aged 52 Moscow Russian EmpireAlma materUniversity of DorpatKnown forPeterson Codazzi equationsScientific careerFieldsMathematicsThesisUber die Biegung der Flachen On the bending of surfaces 1853 Doctoral advisorFerdinand Minding Contents 1 Life and work 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksLife and work editPeterson was born in a peasant family He studied at the Gymnasium of Riga and after in the university of Dorpat now Tartu under Ferdinand Minding 1 Nothing of his life is known about the ten years after his graduation In unknown date he went to Moscow where he taught in the German Gymnasium Peter and Paul of this city from 1865 2 Peterson never had an academic position at university level but he was one of the founders of the Moscow Mathematical Society with Nikolai Brashman and August Davidov Peterson was a notable collaborator in the journal of the Society and he is considered the founder of the Moscow school of geometry 3 Peterson gave in his graduation dissertation 1853 but not published until later an earliest formulation of the fundamental equations of the surface theory 4 now usually known as Gauss Codazzi equations sometimes Peterson Codazzi equations During his time in Moscow Peterson published some important papers about differential geometry 5 In 1879 the university of Odessa awarded him an honorary degree References edit Phillips pages 141 2 Phillips page 157 Laptev amp Rozenfeld page 24 Reich page 335 Phillips pages 156 9 Bibliography editLaptev B L Rozenfeld B A 1996 Geometry In Andrei N Kolmogorov Adolf Andrei P Yushkevich eds Mathematics of the 19th Century Geometry Analytic Function Theory Birkhauser pp 1 118 ISBN 0 8176 5048 2 Phillips Esther R 1979 Karl M Peterson The earliest derivation of the Mainardi Codazzi equations and the fundamental theorem of surface theory Historia Mathematica 6 2 137 163 doi 10 1016 0315 0860 79 90075 2 ISSN 0315 0860 Reich Karin 1994 Differential Geometry In Ivor Grattan Guinness ed Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences Routledge pp 331 341 ISBN 0 415 09238 8 External links editO Connor John J Robertson Edmund F Karl Mikhailovich Peterson MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive University of St Andrews Youschkevitch A P Grigorian A T Peterson Karl Mikhailovich Dictionary of Scientific Biography Retrieved 15 April 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karl Mikhailovich Peterson amp oldid 1208340243, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
