Ganita Bharati
Published in Association with Bulletin of The Indian Society for History of Mathematics
Current Volume: 45 (2023 )
ISSN: 0970-0307
Periodicity: Half-Yearly
Month(s) of Publication: June & December
Subject: Mathematics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/GB
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Otto Hölder : A Multifaceted Mathematician
By : R. Sridharan
Page No: 179-191
Abstract
Otto Hölder (1859-1937) was a many sided German mathematician and he worked in diverse areas like Analysis, Group Theory, Mathematical Mechanics, Geometry, Foundational questions in Mathematics and Number theory. The aim of this article is to give a brief sketch of his life and work, paying tribute to this mathematician for his manifold contributions to various branches of mathematics, and how in spite of his remarkable achievements he had to face many obstructions in his academic life.