Background
He was born in 1881 in Bonn. His father was the surgeon Otto Wilhelm Madelung.
physicist university professor
He was born in 1881 in Bonn. His father was the surgeon Otto Wilhelm Madelung.
University of Göttingen.
He earned a doctorate in 1905 from the University of Göttingen, specializing in crystal structure, and eventually became a professor lieutenant was during this time he developed the Madelung constant, which characterizes the Netto electrostatic effects of all ions in a crystal lattice, and is used to determine the energy of one ion. In 1921 he succeeded Max Born as the Chair of Theoretical Physics at the Goethe University Frankfurt, which he held until his retirement in 1949.
He specialized in atomic physics and quantum mechanics, and it was during this time he developed the Madelung equations, an alternative form of the Schrödinger equation.
He is also known for the Madelung rule, which states that atomic orbitals are filled in order of increasing n + l quantum numbers.
Heidelberg Academy for Sciences and Humanities.