Name Karl Mollweide | ||
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Similar People August Ferdinand Mobius, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Carl Friedrich Gauss | ||
Academic advisor Johann Friedrich Pfaff Notable students August Ferdinand Mobius | ||
Karl Brandan Mollweide, (3 February 1774 in Wolfenbüttel – 10 March 1825 in Leipzig) was a German mathematician and astronomer in Halle and Leipzig. In trigonometry, he discovered the formula known as Mollweide's formula. He invented a map projection called the Mollweide projection.
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