Runge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Aino Runge (1926–2014), Estonian financial economist, consumer defender and politician
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August H. Runge (1852–1921), American Fire Marshal
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Brian Runge (born 1970), American baseball umpire
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Carl Runge
Carl David Tolmé Runge (; 30 August 1856 – 3 January 1927) was a German mathematician, physicist, and spectroscopist.
He was co-developer and co-eponym of the Runge–Kutta method (), in the field of what is today known as numerical analysi ...
(1856–1927), German physicist and mathematician
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Runge–Kutta methods
In numerical analysis, the Runge–Kutta methods ( ) are a family of Explicit and implicit methods, implicit and explicit iterative methods, List of Runge–Kutta methods, which include the Euler method, used in temporal discretization for the a ...
for numerical analysis
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Runge's phenomenon
In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, Runge's phenomenon () is a problem of oscillation at the edges of an interval that occurs when using polynomial interpolation with polynomials of high degree over a set of equispaced interpolation ...
, a problem in the field of numerical analysis
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Runge's theorem
In complex analysis, Runge's theorem (also known as Runge's approximation theorem) is named after the German mathematician Carl Runge who first proved it in the year 1885. It states the following:
Denoting by C the set of complex numbers, let ''K ...
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Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector
In classical mechanics, the Laplace–Runge–Lenz vector (LRL vector) is a vector (geometric), vector used chiefly to describe the shape and orientation of the orbit (celestial mechanics), orbit of one astronomical body around another, such as a ...
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Carlisle Runge (1920–1983), American lawyer and diplomat
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Cierra Runge
Cierra Runge (born March 7, 1996) is an American competition swimmer.
Career
Runge was born in Cochranville, Pennsylvania, to Scott and Diane Runge. She is a 2014 graduate of Octorara High School. She was on the Jennersville YMCA swim team wh ...
(born 1996), American swimmer
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Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge
Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge (8 February 1794 – 25 March 1867) was a German analytical chemist. Runge identified the mydriatic (pupil dilating) effects of belladonna (deadly nightshade) extract, identified caffeine, and discovered the first ...
(1795–1867), German chemist
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Iris Runge (1888-1966), German applied mathematician and physicist
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Kurt Runge (1887–1959), German rower
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Mary Munson Runge (1928–2014), American pharmacist
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Norah Cecil Runge (1884–1978), British politician
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Philipp Otto Runge
Philipp Otto Runge (; 1777–1810) was a German artist, draftsman, painter, and color theorist. Runge and Caspar David Friedrich are often regarded as the leading painters of the German Romantic movement.Koerner, Joseph Leo. 1990. ''Caspar Davi ...
(1777–1810), German painter
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Wilhelm Runge
Wilhelm Tolmé Runge (June 10, 1895 – June 9, 1987) was a German electrical engineer and physicist who had a major involvement in developing radar systems in Germany.
Early life
Wilhelm Runge was born and raised in Hanover, where his father, C ...
(1895-1987), German electrical engineer and physicist
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German-language surnames