Adolf Weiler

Adolf Weiler (1851–1916) was a Swiss mathematician.

Adolf Weiler
Born(1851-12-27)December 27, 1851
Winterthur, Switzerland
DiedMay 1, 1916(1916-05-01) (aged 64)
Alma materUniversity of Erlangen
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsETH Zurich
University of Zurich
ThesisUeber die verschiedenen Gattungen der Complexe zweiten Grades (1874)
Doctoral advisorFelix Klein

Life and work

After his studies in the Department of Mathematics Teachers of the Polytechnicum of Zurich, he went to study at university of Göttingen and university of Erlangen under Alfred Clebsch and Felix Klein. He was awarded doctor in 1874 with a dissertation on quadratic line complexes.[1] Some years before, in 1872, he constructed a model of the Clebsch's diagonal surface.[2]

Returned to Switzerland, he was mathematics professor at Ryffel Institute and he obtained the venia legendi both at Polytechnicum as the University of Zurich. His main research was in algebraic geometry.[3]

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References
  1. Rowe 2016, pp. 245–246.
  2. Hernández et al. 2006, p. 310.
  3. O'Connor & Robertson, MacTutor History of Mathematics.

Bibliography
  • Hernández, Sergio; Perea, Carmen; Polo Blanco, Irene; Ramírez, Cayetano (Tano) (2006). "Models of Cubic Surfaces in Polyester". In Reza Sarhangi; John Sharp (eds.). Bridges London 2006. Tarquin Publications. pp. 309–314. ISBN 978-0-9665201-7-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Labs, Oliver (2017). "Straight Lines on Models of Curved Surfaces". The Mathematical Intelligencer. 39 (2): 15–26. doi:10.1007/s00283-017-9709-y. ISSN 0343-6993.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rowe, David E. (2016). "Segre, Klein, and the Theory of Quadratic Line Complexes". In Gianfranco Casnati; Alberto Conte; Letterio Gatto; Livia Giacardi; Marina Marchisio; Alessandro Verra (eds.). From Classical to Modern Algebraic Geometry. Trends in the History of Science. Birkhäuser. pp. 243–263. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32994-9_3. ISBN 978-3-319-32992-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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