Eduard Heine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eduard Heine

German mathematician

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1821

Place of Birth: Berlin

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1881

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Heinrich Eduard Heine (16 March 1821 – October 1881) was a German mathematician. Heine became known for results on special functions and in real analysis.
In particular, he authored an important treatise on spherical harmonics and Legendre functions (Handbuch der Kugelfunctionen).
He also investigated basic hypergeometric series.
He introduced the Mehler–Heine formula.