Fuchs and the theory of differential equations
Fuchs and the theory of differential equations
Introduction.Lazarus Immanuel Fuchs (1833-1902) was the leading theorist of differential equations in the 1860s and 1870s, and, with Frobenius and Schwarz, a principal member of the 'second generation' of Berlin mathematicians.He obtained his Habilitation from Berlin University in 1865 and was eventually called back to succeed Kummer in 1884.His work …