Karl Mollweide

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Karl Mollweide

Karl Brandan Mollweide (3 February 1774 in Wolfenbüttel – 10 March 1825 in Leipzig) was a German mathematician^[1] and astronomer who taught in Halle and Leipzig. In trigonometry, he discovered the formula known as Mollweide's formula. He invented a map projection called the Mollweide projection.

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• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Karl Mollweide", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews

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