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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
mathematician
astronomer |
| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:University_of_Königsberg
gptkb:University_of_Göttingen gptkb:Prussian_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Royal_Astronomical_Society gptkb:Berlin_Academy_of_Sciences |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Gold_Medal_of_the_Royal_Astronomical_Society
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| gptkbp:born |
April 22, 1784
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| gptkbp:contribution |
first to measure the parallax of a star
improved astronomical measurements pioneered the use of precise measurements in astronomy developed_the_concept_of_Bessel_functions |
| gptkbp:died |
March 17, 1846
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| gptkbp:field |
astronomy
mathematics |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkb:Karl_Friedrich_Gauss modern astronomy the field of geodesy the field of physics the field of navigation |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Bessel functions
stellar parallax |
| gptkbp:nationality |
German
|
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkb:Karl_Friedrich_Gauss |
| gptkbp:researchField |
Fourier analysis
theoretical physics navigation engineering optics statistics astrometry mathematical physics computational mathematics fluid dynamics mathematical modeling thermodynamics signal processing geodesy differential equations statistical mechanics numerical analysis chaos theory complex analysis dynamical systems relativity applied mathematics geophysics harmonic analysis quantum_mechanics |
| gptkbp:workLocation |
gptkb:University_of_Königsberg
gptkb:Prussian_Academy_of_Sciences |