August Ferdinand Möbius

August Ferdinand Möbius (November 17, 1790, Schulpforta, Saxony, Germany - September 26, 1868, Leipzig) was a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.

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November 17 - 1790 - Schulpforta - Saxony - Germany - September 26 - 1868 - Leipzig - Mathematician - Astronomer

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He is best known for his discovery of the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when immersed in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It was independently discovered by Johann Benedict Listing at about the same time. Möbius was the first to introduce homogeneous coordinates into projective geometry. Möbius transformations, important in projective geometry, and not to be confused with the Möbius transform of number theory, also bear his name. His interest was also in number theory, and the important Möbius function ?(n) and the Möbius inversion formula are named after him.

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Möbius strip - Johann Benedict Listing - Homogeneous coordinates - Projective geometry - Möbius transformation - Möbius transform - Number theory - Möbius function - Möbius inversion formula

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Möbius studied under Carl Friedrich Gauss. He was a descendant of Martin Luther.

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Carl Friedrich Gauss - Martin Luther

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The character of Johann Wilhelm Möbius - a particular scientist who tries to evade his own inventions by pretending to be insane - in Dürrenmatt's satiric drama The Physicists is named after him. So is the asteroid 28516 Möbius. There is a tribute to him in , in the form on the deathmatch map dm_mobius.

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Dürrenmatt - The Physicists - Asteroid - 28516 Möbius

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