Adolf Piltz
| Adolf Piltz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
8 December 1855 Ilmenau, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach |
| Died |
1940 Großheringen, Thuringia |
| Nationality | German |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Jena |
| Alma mater |
University of Berlin University of Jena |
| Theses |
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| Doctoral advisor |
Ernst Kummer Karl Weierstrass Carl Johannes Thomae |
In Piltz's habilitation thesis (1884) the generalized Riemann hypothesis is mentioned.
Adolf Piltz (8 December 1855[1] – 1940) was a German mathematician who contributed to number theory. Piltz was arguably the first to formulate a generalized Riemann hypothesis, in 1884.[2]
Publications
- Piltz, Adolf. Über die Häufigkeit der Primzahlen in Arithmetischen Progressionen und über Verwandte Gesetze. Neuenhahn, Jena, 1884. 48 pp. (online)
Notes
References
- Davenport, Harold. Multiplicative number theory. Third edition. Revised and with a preface by Hugh L. Montgomery. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 74. Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000. xiv+177 pp. ISBN 0-387-95097-4.
Further reading
- Steinbach, Matthias (2008). "'…durch jahrelange Versumpfung jeglichen Halt verloren…', Adolf Piltz (1855–1940)". In Steinbach, M.; Ploenus, M. Ketzer, Käuze, Querulanten. Außenseiter im universitären Milieu (in German). Jena: Verlag Dr. Bussert & Stadeler. pp. 198–212. ISBN 9783932906848.
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