Carl Anton Bretschneider
Male, Deceased Person
1808 – 1878
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Who was Carl Anton Bretschneider?
Carl Anton Bretschneider was a mathematician from Gotha, Germany. Bretschneider worked in geometry, number theory, and history of geometry. He also worked on logarithmic integrals and mathematical tables. He was one of the first mathematicians to use the symbol γ for Euler's constant when he published his 1837 paper. He is best known for his discovery of Bretschneider's formula.
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