Karl Zsigmondy

Karl Zsigmondy (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʒiɡmondi]) (27 March 1867 – 14 October 1925) was an Austrian mathematician of [|Hungarians[Hungarian]] ethnicity. He was a son of Adolf Zsigmondy from Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary (now Bratislava, Slovakia) and his mother was Irma von Szakmáry of Martonvásár, Kingdom of Hungary.

Karl Zsigmondy
Born27 March 1867
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died14 October 1925(1925-10-14) (aged 58)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Known forZsigmondy's theorem
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna

He studied (1886–1890) and worked (1894–1925) at the University of Vienna. After his PhD, in 1890, he studied at the University of Berlin, University of Göttingen and at the Sorbonne in Paris, but came back to Vienna in 1894. He discovered Zsigmondy's theorem in 1882.

He was the brother of the mountain climber Emil Zsigmondy and the Nobel Laureate chemist Richard Adolf Zsigmondy.

References
  • K. Zsigmondy (1892). "Zur Theorie der Potenzreste". Journal Monatshefte für Mathematik. 3 (1): 265–284. doi:10.1007/BF01692444. hdl:10338.dmlcz/120560.
  • Th. Schmid (1927). "Karl Zsigmondy". Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung. 36: 167–168.
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