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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Julius Plücker canonical | 14 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Lalande Prize ⓘ Copley Medal ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Society Copley Medal
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
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| dateOfBirth | 1801-06-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1868-05-22 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
University of Bonn ⓘ Heidelberg University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Heidelberg
Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Paris
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| employer | University of Bonn ⓘ |
| familyName | Plücker ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
analytic geometry
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analytic geometry of curves and surfaces ⓘ differential geometry ⓘ mathematics ⓘ physics ⓘ projective geometry ⓘ spectroscopy ⓘ |
| givenName | Julius ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
Felix Klein
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Hermann Grassmann ⓘ Sophus Lie ⓘ algebraic geometry ⓘ line geometry ⓘ projective geometry ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Prussian Academy of Sciences
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Royal Society ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
conducted experiments on gas discharge tubes
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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
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introduction of homogeneous coordinates in geometry ⓘ line geometry ⓘ use of line coordinates in projective space ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Felix Klein ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Neue Geometrie des Raumes
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Plücker coordinates ⓘ Plücker formulas ⓘ System der analytischen Geometrie ⓘ Theorie der algebraischen Kurven ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Elberfeld
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Wuppertal ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Bonn ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| studentOf |
Siméon Denis Poisson
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surface form:
Simeon Denis Poisson
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| workLocation | Bonn ⓘ |
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Plücker coordinates