Julius Plücker

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Julius Plücker was a 19th-century German mathematician and physicist known for his pioneering work in analytic and projective geometry as well as early contributions to spectroscopy.


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instanceOf academic
human
mathematician
physicist
awardReceived Copley Medal
Lalande Prize
Royal Society Copley Medal
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1801-06-16
dateOfDeath 1868-05-22
educatedAt University of Berlin NERFINISHED
University of Bonn NERFINISHED
University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED
University of Paris NERFINISHED
employer University of Bonn NERFINISHED
familyName Plücker
fieldOfWork analytic geometry
analytic geometry of curves and surfaces
differential geometry
mathematics
physics
projective geometry
spectroscopy
givenName Julius
hasInfluenced Felix Klein
Hermann Grassmann
Sophus Lie
algebraic geometry
line geometry
projective geometry
languageOfWorkOrName German
memberOf Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
nativeLanguage German
notableAchievement conducted experiments on gas discharge tubes
developed formulas relating singularities and class of algebraic plane curves
investigated cathode rays in evacuated tubes
made early contributions to spectral line analysis
pioneered analytic treatment of projective geometry
notableIdea Plücker coordinates for lines in projective 3-space
introduction of homogeneous coordinates in geometry
line geometry
use of line coordinates in projective space
notableStudent Felix Klein
notableWork Neue Geometrie des Raumes
Plücker coordinates
Plücker formulas
System der analytischen Geometrie
Theorie der algebraischen Kurven
placeOfBirth Elberfeld NERFINISHED
Wuppertal NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Bonn
sexOrGender male
studentOf Simeon Denis Poisson
workLocation Bonn

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Felix Klein
doctoralAdvisor

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