Hermann Bruns
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Hermann Bruns was a German mathematician known for his contributions to celestial mechanics and potential theory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Hermann Bruns canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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mathematician ⓘ |
| affiliation | German scientific community ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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Germany ⓘ |
| era |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
celestial mechanics
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geodesy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ potential theory ⓘ theoretical astronomy ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
applications of potential theory to geodesy
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research in celestial mechanics ⓘ work on the equilibrium figure of rotating bodies ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
figure of the Earth
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gravitational potential ⓘ orbits of celestial bodies ⓘ |
| movement |
19th-century mathematics
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early 20th-century mathematics ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Bruns’ theorem in potential theory
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contributions to the theory of the Earth’s gravitational field NERFINISHED ⓘ work on the figure of the Earth ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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university teacher ⓘ |
| workLocation | Germany ⓘ |
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