Ernst Fiedler

Short description: Swiss mathematician

Ernst Fiedler

Born| (1861-07-22)July 22, 1861

Chemnitz, Germany

Died| July 16, 1954(1954-07-16) (aged 92)

Zurich, Switzerland

Resting place| Enzenbühl cemetery (Zurich)
[ ⚑ ] 47°20′58″N 8°34′53″E﻿ / ﻿47.349479°N 8.581422°E﻿ / 47.349479; 8.581422
Alma mater| University of Leipzig
ETH Zurich
Spouse(s)| Lina Knoch
Scientific career
Fields| Mathematics
Institutions| Kantonsschule Rämibühl
Thesis| Über eine besondere Klasse irrationaler Modulargleichungen der elliptischen Funktionen (1885)
Doctoral advisor| Felix Klein, Wilhelm Wundt

Ernst Fiedler (1861–1954) was a Swiss (German born) mathematician.

## Contents

* 1 Life and work
* 2 References
* 3 Bibliography
* 4 External links

## Life and work

Fiedler was the son of Wilhelm Fiedler, mathematics professor at ETH Zurich from 1867.[1] From 1879 to 1882 he studied mathematics at ETH Zurich; in 1882 he moved to Berlin where he studied under Weierstrass, Frobenius and other outstanding mathematicians. In 1885 he moved to Leipzig, where he was awarded a doctorate under Felix Klein in 1885.[2]

Returned to Zurich, he was privatdozent at ETH Zurich. In 1889 he was named full professor at the Industrieschule (in 1904 renamed as Oberrealschule, and now Kantonsschule Rämibühl). He was the principal of the school from 1904 to 1926 whem he retired.[2]

Fiedler only produced some secondary school textbooks and any research paper. But he has left some lecture notes on courses given by his father and other professors like Weierstrass.[3]

He also joined the Swiss Army and became the youngest colonel in the army. From 1889 he lectured on ballistics at the Polytechnicum. He was also member of a number of committees to improve the secondary schools.[4]

## References

1. ↑ Eminger 2015, p. 100.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Eminger 2015, p. 101.
3. ↑ Oswald & Volkert 2018, p. 31.
4. ↑ Eminger 2015, p. 102.

## Bibliography

* Eminger, Stefanie Ursula (2015). Carl Friedrich Geiser and Ferdinand Rudio: The Men Behind the First International Congress of Mathematicians. St Andrews University. http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Publications/Eminger.pdf.
* Oswald, Nicola; Volkert, Klaus (2018). "A Glimpse of Sources for Historical Studies at the ETH Archive in Zürich". EMS Newsletter 9 (109): 28–33. doi:10.4171/NEWS/109/7. ISSN 1027-488X. http://www.ems-ph.org/journals/show_abstract.php?issn=1027-488X&vol=9&iss=109&rank=7.
* Volkert, Klaus (2018). "Vater und Sohn". Mathematische Semesterberichte 65 (2): 137–152. doi:10.1007/s00591-018-0227-6. ISSN 0720-728X.

## External links

* O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Ernst Fiedler", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fiedler_Ernst.html .
* "Ernst Fiedler (1861–1954) - Dozent für Mathematik". ETH Zürich Bibliothek. http://www.library.ethz.ch/de/Ressourcen/Digitale-Bibliothek/Kurzportraets/Ernst-Fiedler-1861-1954.

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