Otto Hesse
Ludwig Otto Hesse (22 April 1811 – 4 August 1874) was a German
mathematician. Hesse was born in
Königsberg,
Prussia, and died in
Munich,
Bavaria. He worked mainly on
algebraic invariants, and
geometry. The
Hessian matrix, the
Hesse normal form, the
Hesse configuration, the
Hessian group,
Hessian pairs,
Hesse's theorem,
Hesse pencil, and the
Hesse transfer principle are named after him. Many of Hesse's research findings were presented for the first time in ''
Crelle's Journal'' or Hesse's textbooks.
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