Christian Karl August Ludwig von Massenbach is remembered in mathematics for work the next generation could build on.
The record lists Christian Karl August Ludwig von Massenbach as German soldier and mathematician (1758-1827).
Christian Karl August Ludwig von Massenbach was born at Schmalkalden in 1758. His recorded nationality is Electorate of Hesse.
This was the age of analysis, when the calculus was pushed hard and its foundations were not yet secure.
The recorded fields of work are military affairs, military and military command.
Mathematics accumulates without discarding: a proof from two thousand years ago is still a proof.
That the work was done from Electorate of Hesse matters: mathematical training, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Christian Karl August Ludwig von Massenbach died in 1827, aged 69. The proofs remain, and a proof does not decay - which is the particular permanence mathematics offers.
Achievements
- Fields: military affairs, military and military command
