Salomon Eduard Gubler (7 July 1845 – 6 November 1921) was a Swiss mathematician. With Johann Heinrich Graf he published Einleitung in Die Theorie Der Bessel'schen Funktionen (A Treatise on the Theory of Bessel Functions) in two volumes (1898–1900). He was the author of very appreciated textbooks on mathematics and numerous reports about the methodology and organization on mathematics teaching, and he was a member of the Swiss commission for the teaching of mathematics and founder of the Swiss association of teachers of mathematics.[1] His main research interest was the Bessel functions.[2]

Salomon Eduard Gubler
Born(1845-07-07)7 July 1845
Died6 November 1921(1921-11-06) (aged 76)
Alma materUniversity of Bern
SpouseElise Margreth Iselin
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsSecondary schools in Zürich
ThesisVerwandlung einer hypergeometrischen reihe im an das integral  (1894 published)
Doctoral advisorLudwig Schläfli

Life and work edit

Gubler graduated in the university of Bern in 1870 as Ludwig Schläfli's student. There are no records in the university about his doctoral thesis published in 1894.[3] He spent his academic career in secondary schools,[1] but it seems that he also taught in the University of Zurich.[2] He retired in 1914.

References edit

  1. ^ a b Fehr 1921–1922, p. 83.
  2. ^ a b Eminger 2015, p. 110.
  3. ^ Eminger 2015, p. 109.

Bibliography edit

  • Eminger, Stefanie (2012). "Viribus unitis! shall be our watchword: the first International Congress of Mathematicians, held 9–11 August 1897 in Zurich". BSHM Bulletin. 27 (3): 155–168. doi:10.1080/17498430.2012.687496. ISSN 1749-8430. S2CID 121968603.
  • Eminger, Stefanie Ursula (2015). Carl Friedrich Geiser and Ferdinand Rudio: The Men Behind the First International Congress of Mathematicians (PDF). St Andrews University. hdl:10023/6536.
  • Fehr, H. (1921–1922). "Nécrologie Ed. Gubler". L'Enseignement Mathématique (in French). 22: 83. ISSN 0013-8584.

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