Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten

Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten
W.J.G. Karsten Credit: Wellcome Library
Born	(1732-12-15)15 December 1732 Neubrandenburg
Died	17 April 1787(1787-04-17) (aged 54) Halle an der Saale
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Rostock
Known for	Complex logarithms
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	University of Halle

Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (15 December 1732 – 17 April 1787) was a German mathematician. In 1768, Karsten published a graphic representation of infinitely many logarithms of real and complex numbers.

References[]

• Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews
• Wolfgang Engel. Angela Hartwig, Tilmann Schmidt (editors): Die Rektoren der Universität Rostock - 1419-2000. In: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Universität Rostock. Heft 23. Universitätsdruckerei Rostock-Universitätsarchiv 2000. ISBN 3-86009-173-5.

External links[]

• Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
• Wenceslaus Johann Gustav Karsten (1732-1787) University of Halle Biography