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Jakob Steiner
Born(1796-03-18)18 March 1796
Utzenstorf, Canton of Bern, Old Swiss Confederacy
Died1 April 1863(1863-04-01) (aged 67)
Bern, Switzerland
Known forEuclidean geometry
Projective geometry
Synthetic geometry
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics

Jakob Steiner (18 March 1796 – 1 April 1863) was a Swiss mathematician who worked primarily in geometry.

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Jakob Steiner

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Jakob Steiner (18 March 1796 – 1 April 1863) was a Swiss mathematician who worked primarily in geometry. Steiner was born in the village of Utzenstorf...

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Parallel axis theorem

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theorem, also known as Huygens–Steiner theorem, or just as Steiner's theorem, named after Christiaan Huygens and Jakob Steiner, can be used to determine the...

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Steiner system

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a Steiner system (named after Jakob Steiner) is a type of block design, specifically a t-design with λ = 1 and t = 2 or (recently) t ≥ 2. A Steiner system...

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Steiner tree problem

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In combinatorial mathematics, the Steiner tree problem, or minimum Steiner tree problem, named after Jakob Steiner, is an umbrella term for a class of...

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Steiner point

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A Steiner point (named after Jakob Steiner) may refer to: Steiner point (computational geometry), a point added in solving a geometric optimization problem...

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Steiner inellipse

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equilateral. The Steiner inellipse is attributed by Dörrie to Jakob Steiner, and a proof of its uniqueness is given by Dan Kalman. The Steiner inellipse contrasts...

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Steiner ellipse

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In geometry, the Steiner ellipse of a triangle, also called the Steiner circumellipse to distinguish it from the Steiner inellipse, is the unique circumellipse...

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Roman surface

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singular points is one. Its name arises because it was discovered by Jakob Steiner when he was in Rome in 1844. The simplest construction is as the image...

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Steiner conic

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The Steiner conic or more precisely Steiner's generation of a conic, named after the Swiss mathematician Jakob Steiner, is an alternative method to define...

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Power of a point

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distance of a given point from a given circle. It was introduced by Jakob Steiner in 1826. Specifically, the power Π ( P ) {\displaystyle \Pi (P)} of...

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Steiner chain

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cases, the centers of Steiner-chain circles lie on an ellipse or a hyperbola, respectively. Steiner chains are named after Jakob Steiner, who defined them...

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List of geometers

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Germinal Dandelin (1794–1847) – Dandelin spheres in conic sections Jakob Steiner (1796–1863) – champion of synthetic geometry methodology, projective...

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Steiner

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Look up Steiner or steiner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Steiner may refer to: Steiner (surname) Steiner, Jakob The Steiner Brothers, the professional...

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Isoperimetric inequality

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solution was made by Swiss geometer Jakob Steiner in 1838, using a geometric method later named Steiner symmetrisation. Steiner showed that if a solution existed...

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Isosceles triangle

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isosceles. It was formulated in 1840 by C. L. Lehmus. Its other namesake, Jakob Steiner, was one of the first to provide a solution. Although originally formulated...

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Deltoid curve

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the shape of a deltoid. This is known as the Steiner deltoid or Steiner's hypocycloid after Jakob Steiner who described the shape and symmetry of the curve...

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Mixed volume

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{\displaystyle K} . The definition of mixed volume yields the Steiner formula (named after Jakob Steiner): V o l n ( K + t B ) = ∑ j = 0 n ( n j ) W j ( K ) t...

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Carl Wilhelm Borchardt

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Borchardt studied under a number of tutors, including Julius Plücker and Jakob Steiner. He studied at the University of Berlin under Lejeune Dirichlet in 1836...

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Projective geometry

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projective conic, and in acknowledgement of the work of Jakob Steiner, it is referred to as a Steiner conic. Suppose a projectivity is formed by two perspectivities...

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Pitot theorem

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in 1725, whereas the converse was proved by the Swiss mathematician Jakob Steiner in 1846. Pitot's theorem generalizes to tangential 2 n {\displaystyle...

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Bernhard Riemann

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of study, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Jakob Steiner, and Gotthold Eisenstein were teaching. He stayed in Berlin for two...

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