Martin Wilhelm Kutta

Martin Wilhelm Kutta
Martin Wilhelm Kutta (1867-1944)
Born	November 3, 1867(1867-11-03) Pitschen, Upper Silesia
Died	December 25, 1944(1944-12-25) (aged 77) Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
Residence	Germany
Nationality	German
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	University of Stuttgart RWTH Aachen
Alma mater	University of Breslau University of Munich
Doctoral advisor	C. L. Ferdinand Lindemann Gustav A. Bauer
Other academic advisors	Walther Franz Anton von Dyck
Known for	Runge-Kutta method Zhukovsky-Kutta aerofoil Kutta–Joukowski theorem Kutta condition

Martin Wilhelm Kutta (November 3, 1867 – December 25, 1944) was a German mathematician.

Kutta was born in Pitschen, Upper Silesia (today Byczyna, Poland). He attended the University of Breslau from 1885 to 1890, and continued his studies in Munich until 1894, where he became the assistant of Walther Franz Anton von Dyck. From 1898, he spent a year at the University of Cambridge.^[1] He was professor at the RWTH Aachen from 1900 to 1912. Kutta became professor at the University of Stuttgart in 1912, where he stayed until his retirement in 1935.

In 1901, he co-developed the Runge-Kutta method, used to solve ordinary differential equations numerically. He is also remembered for the Zhukovsky-Kutta aerofoil, the Kutta-Zhukovsky theorem and the Kutta condition in aerodynamics. Kutta died in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany in 1944.

References

1. ^ Kutta, Wilhelm Martin in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.

External links

• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Martin Wilhelm Kutta", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews, http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Kutta.html .
• Martin Wilhelm Kutta at the Mathematics Genealogy Project.

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Name	Kutta, Martin Wilhelm
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Date of birth	November 3, 1867
Place of birth	Pitschen, Upper Silesia
Date of death	December 25, 1944
Place of death	Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany