Jakob Steiner (18 March 1796 – 1 April 1863) was a Swiss mathematician who worked primarily in geometry. Steiner was born in the village of Utzenstorf...

In combinatorial mathematics, the Steiner tree problem, or minimum Steiner tree problem, named after Jakob Steiner, is an umbrella term for a class of...

theorem, also known as Huygens–Steiner theorem, or just as Steiner's theorem, named after Christiaan Huygens and Jakob Steiner, can be used to determine the...

a Steiner system (named after Jakob Steiner) is a type of block design, specifically a t-design with λ = 1 and t = 2 or (recently) t ≥ 2. A Steiner system...

equilateral. The Steiner inellipse is attributed by Dörrie to Jakob Steiner, and a proof of its uniqueness is given by Dan Kalman. The Steiner inellipse contrasts...

The Steiner–Lehmus theorem, a theorem in elementary geometry, was formulated by C. L. Lehmus and subsequently proved by Jakob Steiner. It states: Every...

adding Steiner points, and using both the new points and the input points as edge endpoints. Another problem that uses Steiner points is Steiner triangulation...

the isoperimetric inequality. It is named after Hermann Minkowski and Jakob Steiner. Let n ≥ 2 {\displaystyle n\geq 2} , and let A ⊊ R n {\displaystyle...

In geometry, the Steiner ellipse of a triangle, also called the Steiner circumellipse to distinguish it from the Steiner inellipse, is the unique circumellipse...

A Steiner point (named after Jakob Steiner) may refer to: Steiner point (computational geometry), a point added in solving a geometric optimization problem...

singular points is one. Its name arises because it was discovered by Jakob Steiner when he was in Rome in 1844. The simplest construction is as the image...

distance of a given point from a given circle. It was introduced by Jakob Steiner in 1826. Specifically, the power Π ( P ) {\displaystyle \Pi (P)} of...

cases, the centers of Steiner-chain circles lie on an ellipse or a hyperbola, respectively. Steiner chains are named after Jakob Steiner, who defined them...

all constructions adhering to the Poncelet-Steiner theorem are Steiner constructions, though not all Steiner constructions abide by the condition of only...

Germinal Dandelin (1794–1847) – Dandelin spheres in conic sections Jakob Steiner (1796–1863) – champion of synthetic geometry methodology, projective...

of Triangle Centers. Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), Swiss mathematician, described this point in 1826. The point was given Steiner's name by Joseph Neuberg...

1938), French-Jewish writer Jakob Steiner (1796–1863), Swiss geometer and mathematician, cf. Steiner tree Jacob D. Steiner (1861–date of death unknown)...

( x ) = x 1 / x . {\displaystyle f(x)=x^{1/x}.\,} It is named after Jakob Steiner. The maximum is at x = e {\displaystyle x=e} , where e denotes the base...

The Steiner conic or more precisely Steiner's generation of a conic, named after the Swiss mathematician Jakob Steiner, is an alternative method to define...

Look up Steiner or steiner in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Steiner may refer to: Steiner (surname) Steiner, Jakob The Steiner Brothers, the professional...

university. After meeting Jakob Steiner there in 1843, and impressing Steiner with his linguistic skills, he traveled with Steiner and Peter Gustav Lejeune...

isosceles. It was formulated in 1840 by C. L. Lehmus. Its other namesake, Jakob Steiner, was one of the first to provide a solution. Although originally formulated...

the shape of a deltoid. This is known as the Steiner deltoid or Steiner's hypocycloid after Jakob Steiner who described the shape and symmetry of the curve...

Borchardt studied under a number of tutors, including Julius Plücker and Jakob Steiner. He studied at the University of Berlin under Lejeune Dirichlet in 1836...

projective conic, and in acknowledgement of the work of Jakob Steiner, it is referred to as a Steiner conic. Suppose a projectivity is formed by two perspectivities...

{\displaystyle K} . The definition of mixed volume yields the Steiner formula (named after Jakob Steiner): V o l n ( K + t B ) = ∑ j = 0 n ( n j ) W j ( K ) t...

solution was made by Swiss geometer Jakob Steiner in 1838, using a geometric method later named Steiner symmetrisation. Steiner showed that if a solution existed...

of study, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, Jakob Steiner, and Gotthold Eisenstein were teaching. He stayed in Berlin for two...

∆ABF, ∆CDF, ∆ADE and ∆BCE. This result was announced, in two lines, by Jakob Steiner in the 1827/1828 issue of Gergonne's Annales de Mathématiques, but a...

with, among others, Gustav Magnus, Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet, and Jakob Steiner. He also studied history with Leopold von Ranke. During 1848, he got...