Education
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Berlin in 1899 under the guidance of Hermann Schwarz and Lazarus Fuchs.
mathematician university professor
He received his Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Berlin in 1899 under the guidance of Hermann Schwarz and Lazarus Fuchs.
His name is usually associated with projective geometry, where he is known for proving that Desargues" theorem is a consequence of Pappus"s hexagon theorem, and differential geometry where he is known for introducing the concept of a connection. He was also a set theorist: the Hessenberg sum and product of ordinals are named after him. However, Hessenberg matrices are named for Karl Hessenberg, a near relative.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.