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Joseph Knar

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Joseph Knar
Born(1800-01-01)1 January 1800
Died1 June 1864(1864-06-01) (aged 64)
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Graz
OccupationMathematician
Known forKnar's formula

Joseph Knar (January 1, 1800 – June 1, 1864) was an Austrian mathematician working at the University of Graz.[1] He is most well known for discovering Knar's formula, an infinite product formula involving the gamma function.

Life

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From a poor family, Knar graduated from the University of Graz at the age of 19 after studying mathematics and law. In 1821, he became a full professor, a position which he held until his death from a stroke in 1864. He published several books including a two-volume textbook Lehrbuch der Elementarmathematik on elementary mathematics.

Knar's Formula

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Knar's most famous mathematical contribution was his discovery of the infinite product formula

for .[2]

Publications

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  • Neues, sehr einfaches Verfahren zur Ausziehung der Wurzeln aus bestimmten Zahlen (1824)
  • Lehrbuch der Elementarmathematik, 2 volumes (1828–1829)
  • Theorie der harmonischen Reihen in Archiv der Mathematik und Physik (1864)

References

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  1. ^ S. Gunther, Joseph Knar, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 16 (1882) 269.
  2. ^ J. Knar, Die harmonischen reihen, Archiv der Mathematik und Physik 41–42 (1864) p. 360