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
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human → mathematician → physicist → |
| awardReceived |
Copley Medal
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Lalande Prize → Royal Society Copley Medal → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Germany
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Kingdom of Prussia → |
| dateOfBirth |
1801-06-16
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| dateOfDeath |
1868-05-22
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| educatedAt |
University of Berlin
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University of Bonn NERFINISHED → University of Heidelberg NERFINISHED → University of Paris NERFINISHED → |
| employer |
University of Bonn
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| familyName |
Plücker
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| fieldOfWork |
analytic geometry
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analytic geometry of curves and surfaces → differential geometry → mathematics → physics → projective geometry → spectroscopy → |
| givenName |
Julius
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| hasInfluenced |
Felix Klein
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Hermann Grassmann → Sophus Lie → algebraic geometry → line geometry → projective geometry → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
German
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| memberOf |
Prussian Academy of Sciences
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Royal Society → |
| nativeLanguage |
German
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| 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
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| 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 NERFINISHED → |
| placeOfDeath |
Bonn
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| sexOrGender |
male
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| studentOf |
Simeon Denis Poisson
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| workLocation |
Bonn
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Felix Klein
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doctoralAdvisor |