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  2. August Ferdinand Möbius - Wikipedia

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    In 1813, he began to study astronomy under mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss at the University of Göttingen, while Gauss was the director of the Göttingen Observatory. From there, he went to study with Carl Gauss's instructor, Johann Pfaff , at the University of Halle , where he completed his doctoral thesis The occultation of fixed stars in ...

  3. Jean Giraud - Wikipedia

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    His stay in the United States was an inspiration for his aptly called Made in L.A. art book, [72] and much of his art he had produced in this period of time, including his super hero art, was reproduced in this, and the follow-up art book Fusions, [120] the latter of which having seen a translation in English by Epic.

  4. List of mathematical artists - Wikipedia

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    Fine art: Use of group theory, self-replicating shapes in art [21] [22] Escher, M. C. 1898–1972: Fine art: Exploration of tessellations, hyperbolic geometry, assisted by the geometer H. S. M. Coxeter [19] [23] Farmanfarmaian, Monir: 1922–2019: Fine art: Geometric constructions exploring the infinite, especially mirror mosaics [24] Ferguson ...

  5. Möbius function - Wikipedia

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    The Möbius function () is a multiplicative function in number theory introduced by the German mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius (also transliterated Moebius) in 1832. [i] [ii] [2] It is ubiquitous in elementary and analytic number theory and most often appears as part of its namesake the Möbius inversion formula.

  6. M. C. Escher - Wikipedia

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    Escher's art became well known among scientists and mathematicians, and in popular culture, especially after it was featured by Martin Gardner in his April 1966 Mathematical Games column in Scientific American. Apart from being used in a variety of technical papers, his work has appeared on the covers of many books and albums.

  7. Moebius - Wikipedia

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    Mobius, also known as the Anti-Monitor, a supervillain in DC Comics; Moebius, the main antagonistic faction of Xenoblade Chronicles 3; Mobius, or Dr. Ignatio Mobius, a character in the Command & Conquer series; Moebius the Timestreamer, a character in the Legacy of Kain series; Mobius 1, the call sign of the main character of Ace Combat 04 ...

  8. Vi Hart - Wikipedia

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    Hart is the child of mathematical sculptor George W. Hart, and received a degree in music at Stony Brook University. [4] Hart identifies as "gender agnostic"; [12] in a video released in 2015, they spoke about their lack of gender identity—including lacking non-binary identities such as agender—and their attitude to gendered terms such as pronouns has evolved over time; as a teenager, they ...

  9. Johann Benedict Listing - Wikipedia

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    Johann Benedict Listing (25 July 1808 – 24 December 1882) was a German mathematician.. J. B. Listing was born in Frankfurt and died in Göttingen.He finished his studies at the University of Göttingen in 1834, and in 1839 he succeeded Wilhelm Weber as professor of physics.