Brill

Alexander Wilhelm von Brill

Born: 20 Sept 1842 in Darmstadt, Germany
Died: 8 June 1935 in Tübingen, Germany

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Alexander von Brill studied in Leipzig, Munich and Berlin and he was a student of Clebsch, then later worked with Klein and was much influenced by him. He taught in Tübingen, Clausthal and Königsberg.

He contributed to the study of algebraic geometry, trying to bring the rigour of algebra into the study of curves. His work allowed the notion of genus of a curve, introduced by Clebsch, to be extended to singular and non-singular curves. Brill also wrote on determinants, elliptic functions, special curves and surfaces.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. S Finsterwalder, Alexander von Brill. Ein Lebensbild, Mathematische Annalen 112 (1936), 653-663.
  3. G Betsch, Alexander von Brill (1842-1935), Bausteine zur Tübinger Universitätsgeschichte (1987), 71-90. 
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