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Karl Frithiof Sundman (28 October 1873, in
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Karl Frithiof Sundman (28 October 1873, in Kaskinen
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– 28 September 1949, in Helsinki
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) was a Finnish mathematician
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in 1912.
Awards, recognition
Sundman was awarded the Pontécoulant prize by the French Academy of Science in 1913 for this work. In 1908 Sundman was elected member of theFinnish Society of Sciences and Letters
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and in 1947 foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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. The crater Sundman on the Moon
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is named after him, as is the asteroid 1424 Sundmania
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.
See also
*Qiudong Wang
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generalized Sundman's solution to the case of more than three bodies In the 1990s..
References
Sources
* Järnefelt, G.: "Karl Fridhiof Sundman." ''Soc. Sci. Fenn. Arsbok'' 30 (2) (1953), 1–13. * Järnefelt, G.: "Karl F. Sundman in Memoriam." ''Acta Mathematica'' 83 (1950), i–vi. *Barrow-Green, June (2010). "The dramatic episode of Sundman. ''Historia Mathematica'', 37 (2): 164-203. 1873 births 1949 deaths Finnish mathematicians Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences {{Europe-mathematician-stub