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Madelung

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Madelung is a German surname. It is also the name of multiple terms in mathematics and science, based on people named Madelung.

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Notable people with the surname

  • Erwin Madelung (1881–1972), German physicist
  • Georg Hans Madelung (1889–1972), German aeronautical engineer
  • Otto Wilhelm Madelung (1846–1926), German surgeon
  • Wilferd Madelung (born 1930), scholar of Islam

    • Mathematics and science

  • Madelung constant, chemical energy of an ion in a crystal, named after Erwin Madelung
  • Madelung equations, Erwin Madelung's equivalent alternative formulation of the Schrödinger equation

    • Medicine

  • Madelung's deformity, characterized by malformed wrists and wrist bones, and short stature, named after Otto Wilhelm Madelung
  • Madelung's syndrome, also known as "benign symmetric lipomatosis", named after Otto Wilhelm Madelung

    • References

    Madelung Wikipedia
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