- Wilhelm Cauer
Wilhelm Cauer (
June 24 ,1900 –April 22 ,1945 ) was a German mathematician and scientist. He ismost noted for his work on the analysis and synthesis ofelectronic filter s andhis work marked the beginning of the field ofnetwork synthesis . Prior to hiswork, electronic filter design was an art, requiring specialized knowledge and intuition. Cauer placed the field on a firm mathematical footing, providing a theoretical basis for the rational design of electronic filters.Wilhelm Cauer was born in
Berlin, Germany , on June 24, 1900. He studied mathematics and physics at theTechnical University of Berlin , and in 1926 presented his thesis entitled "The realization of impedances of specified frequency dependence" which took the first steps toward a program of network synthesis.The onset of
World War II interrupted Cauer's work although he did publish the first volume of his more extensive work "Theorie der linearen Wechselstromschaltungen" [Theory of Linear A.C. Circuits] .He was found dead near Berlin at the end of the war under till now uncleared circumstances .
ee also
* Cauer topology
* Elliptic (Cauer) filterReferences
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* W. Cauer. "Über die Variablen eines passiven Vierpols". Sitzungsberichte d. Preuß. Akademie d.Wissenschaften, phys.-math. Klasse, 268–274, 1927.
* W. Cauer. "Theorie der linearen Wechselstromschaltungen, Vol.I". Akad. Verlags-Gesellschaft Becker und Erler, Leipzig, 1941.
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