Karl Hessenberg

Karl Adolf Hessenberg (September 8, 1904 February 22, 1959) was a German mathematician and engineer.

The Hessenberg matrix form is named after him.

Family

Hessenberg was also the brother of composer Kurt Hessenberg, and the great-grandson of doctor and author Heinrich Hoffmann.

The Hessenberg sum and product of ordinals are named after Gerhard Hessenberg, another mathematician and near relative of Karl Hessenberg.

His father was Eduard Hessenberg, and his mother was Emma Kugler Hessenberg.[1]

References

  1. "Karl Hessenberg". www.hessenberg.de. Retrieved 2018-07-12.


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