Friedrich Otto Rudolf Sturm

Friedrich Otto Rudolf Sturm (6 January 1841 – 12 April 1919) was a German mathematician. His Ph.D. advisor was Heinrich Eduard Schroeter, and Otto Toeplitz was one of his Ph.D. students. His best ever proposal type claim is commonly known as "Sturm's Theorem" based on finding the complex imaginary roots of an infinite arbitrary-integer series.

Friedrich Otto Rudolf Sturm
Born(1841-01-06)6 January 1841
Breslau, Prussia
Died12 April 1919(1919-04-12) (aged 78)
Breslau, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materUniversity of Breslau
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Breslau
Doctoral advisorHeinrich Schröter
Doctoral studentsOtto Toeplitz

References
    • O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Friedrich Otto Rudolf Sturm", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
    • Friedrich Otto Rudolf Sturm at the Mathematics Genealogy Project


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