Ferdinand Georg Frobenius Scientist

Ferdinand Georg Frobenius (26 October 1849 – 3 August 1917) was a German mathematician, best known for his contributions to the theory of elliptic functions, differential equations and to group theory. He is known for the famous determinantal identities, known as Frobenius–Stickelberger formulae, governing elliptic functions, and for developing the theory of biquadratic forms. He was also the first to introduce the notion of rational approximations of functions (nowadays known as Padé approximants), and gave the first full proof for the Cayley–Hamilton theorem. He also lent his name to certain differential-geometric objects in modern mathematical physics, known as Frobenius manifolds.

Personal facts

Birth date	October 26, 1849
Birth place	Charlottenburg
Nationality	Germans
Date of death	August 03, 1917
Place of death	Berlin
Education	Humboldt University of Berlin University of Göttingen
Known for	Frobenius method Group theory Cayley–Hamilton theorem Differential equation

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Scientist

doctoral advisor	Ernst Kummer Karl Weierstrass
doctoral student	Richard Fuchs Walter Schnee Konrad Knopp Edmund Landau Issai Schur
Field of study	Mathematics