Bendixson

Ivar Otto Bendixson

Born: 1 Aug 1861 in Bergshyddan, Djurgardsbrunn, Sweden
Died: 1935

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Ivar Bendixson taught at Stockholm, then from 1913 to 1927 he was rector of Stockholm University. He worked on set theory and differential equations.

A frequent contributor to Acta Mathematica , the journal founded by his colleague Mittag-Leffler, Bendixson is best remembered for the Poincaré-Bendixson theorem. The theorem, which says an integral curve which does not end in a singular point has a limit cycle, was first proved by Poincaré but a more rigorous proof with weaker hypotheses was given by Bendixson in 1901.

References:

  1. Bendixson, Ivar Otto, Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon 3 (Stockholm, 1922), 146-150.
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