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Ernst Meissel

was born 198 years ago

31 July 1826

Ernst Meissel's mathematical work covers number theory, work on Möbius inversion and the theory of partitions as well as work on Bessel functions, asymptotic analysis, refraction of light and the three body problem.

Find out more at: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Meissel/