邹腾:19世纪数学史家、丹麦数学的先驱者

H. G. Zeuthen: Forerunner of Danish Mathematics and Historian of Mathematics in 19th Century

作为19世纪法国几何学泰斗沙勒最好和最忠实的弟子,丹麦数学家邹腾继承了沙勒的有关理论,进一步发展了枚举几何学。在数学史方面,他开创了古希腊数学史研究传统,成为19世纪末最重要的数学史家之一。邹腾为丹麦数学登上国际舞台做出了杰出的贡献,对丹麦大学数学教育产生了深远的影响,成为丹麦现代数学的先驱者。对于后人而言,邹腾的学术成就和人格情操都是一笔宝贵的精神财富。

As the best and most loyal student of M. Chasles, the prince of geometry of France in the 19th century, the Danish mathematician Hieronymus Georg Zeuthen extended Chasles’ relevant ideas and further developed the enumerative geometry. As a historian of mathematics, he initiated a research tradition to reconstruct the history of mathematics in ancient Greece by providing a technical and conceptual analysis of the available source texts and is considered to be one of the two foremost historians of mathematics at the end of the 19th century. Zeuthen made great contributions to make Danish mathematics attain international level and had an enormous effect on mathematics education at the university in Denmark. With his academic achievements and exceptionally fine and humane personality, Zeuthen bequeathed to us precious spiritual wealth.