Aurel Voss (7 December 1845 – 19 April 1931) was a German mathematician, best known today for his contributions to geometry and mechanics.[1][2] He served as president of the German Mathematical Society for the 1898 term. He was a professor at the University of Munich during 1902–1923. He became Emeritus in 1923.

Aurel Voss
Born(1845-12-07)7 December 1845
Died19 April 1931(1931-04-19) (aged 85)
EducationUniversity of Hannover
University of Göttingen
University of Heidelberg (Deegre)
University of Göttingen (PhD)
Known forContracted Bianchi identities
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
Doctoral advisorAlfred Clebsch
Doctoral studentsLudwig Berwald
Hugo Dingler
Fritz Noether

In 1880, Voss published a version of the contracted Bianchi identities.[3][4]

Career

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Education

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Voss studied Mathematics and Physics at the University of Hannover, the University of Göttingen and the University of Heidelberg between 1864 and 1868.

He received a PhD from the University of Göttingen the following year.

Honours

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He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering Sciences by TH Munich in 1915.

Publications

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  • Aurel, Voss (1908), Die Prinzipien der rationellen Mechanik (in German), vol. In: Encyklopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften
  • Aurel, Voss (1899), Differential- und Integralrechnung (in German), vol. In: Encyklopädie der Mathematischen Wissenschaften

Notes

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  1. ^ A short biography of Aurel Voss in Hessische Biografie.
  2. ^ Vollrath, Hans-Joachim (1993), "Über die Berufung von Aurel Voss auf den Lehrstuhl für Mathematik in Würzburg" [About the appointment of Aurel Voss to the chair of mathematics in Würzburg], Würzburger medizinhistorische Mitteilungen (in German), 11: 133–151
  3. ^ Voss, A. (1880), "Zur Theorie der Transformation quadratischer Differentialausdrücke und der Krümmung höherer Mannigfaltigketien", Mathematische Annalen (in German), 16: 129–178, doi:10.1007/bf01446384, S2CID 122828265
  4. ^ Bianchi, Luigi (1902), "Sui simboli a quattro indici e sulla curvatura di Riemann", Rend. Acc. Naz. Lincei (in Italian), 11 (5): 3–7
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