Karl Mollweide - Wikipedia

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Karl Mollweide
Born	Karl Brandan Mollweide (1774-02-03)3 February 1774 Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany
Died	10 March 1825(1825-03-10) (aged 51) Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation(s)	Mathematician, astronomer

Karl Brandan Mollweide (3 February 1774 – 10 March 1825) was a German mathematician^[1] and astronomer who taught in Halle and Leipzig. In trigonometry, he rediscovered the formula now known as Mollweide's formula. He invented a map projection called the Mollweide projection.

References

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^ Sullivan, Michael (2006-01-01). Precalculus. Pearson Custom Publishing. p. 680. ISBN 978-0-536-91924-3. Retrieved 27 September 2011.

External links

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O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Karl Mollweide", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews

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