Paul Gordan

Paul Albert Gordan was a German mathematician known for work in invariant theory and for the Clebsch–Gordan coefficients and Gordan's lemma. He was called "the king of invariant theory". His most famous result is that the ring of invariants of binary forms of fixed degree is finitely generated.

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Who was born first?

• Paul Gordan and Henry Draper were born the same year
• Paul Gordan and Johannes Diderik van der Waals were born the same year
• Paul Gordan and Richard Anthony Proctor were born the same year
• Paul Gordan and Édouard Stephan were born the same year
• Paul Gordan and John Alexander Reina Newlands were born the same year

Timeline

1. Édouard StephanAugust 31, 1837 – December 31, 1923
2. Henry DraperMarch 7, 1837 – November 20, 1882
3. Johannes Diderik van der WaalsNovember 23, 1837 – March 8, 1923
4. John Alexander Reina NewlandsNovember 26, 1837 – July 29, 1898
5. Paul Gordan (this page)April 27, 1837 – December 21, 1912
6. Richard Anthony ProctorMarch 23, 1837 – September 12, 1888

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