Nicolas Fuss | |
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| Born | (1755-01-29)29 January 1755 Basel, Switzerland |
| Died | 4 January 1826(1826-01-04) (aged 70) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Academic advisors | Leonhard Euler |
Nicolas Fuss (29 January 1755 – 4 January 1826), also known asNikolai Fuss, was a Swissmathematician, living most of his life inRussia.
Fuss was born inBasel, Switzerland. He moved toSaint Petersburg to serve as a mathematical assistant toLeonhard Euler from 1773–1783, and remained there until his death. He contributed tospherical trigonometry,differential equations, the optics ofmicroscopes andtelescopes,differential geometry, andactuarial science. He also contributed toEuclidean geometry, including theproblem of Apollonius.
In 1797, he was elected a foreign member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences. From 1800–1826, Fuss served as the permanent secretary to theImperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1812.[1] He died in Saint Petersburg.
Nicolas Fuss was married to Albertine Benedikte Philippine Luise Euler (1766–1822). Albertine Euler was the daughter of Leonhard Euler's eldest son Johann Albrecht Euler (1734-1800) and his wife Anna Sophie Charlotte Hagemeister. Pauline Fuss, a daughter of Nicolas and Albertine, married RussianchemistGenrikh Struve. Nicolas's sonPaul Heinrich Fuss (1798–1855)[2] edited the first attempt at a collected works ofEuler.[3] Paul Heinrich was a member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg from 1823 and its secretary from 1826.[2] Nicolas's sonGeorg Albert (1806–1854),[2] was from 1839 an astronomer inPulkovo and then from 1848 inVilnius and also published on magnetism.[4]
